Gou Dao Changsheng: Starting from the Reincarnation of a Demon Cultivator

Chapter 678 Gathering Spiritual Herbs to Nourish the Remains of the Precious Banner
Xu Qingshe spun the feng shui compass in his hand, sensing the aura of the three beast souls, and an interest appeared in his eyes.

"The three near-third-tier beast souls, aided by the favorable terrain, are no weaker than third-tier demonic beasts."

"Senior Brother Fang, we are both Golden Core cultivators, how about we make a bet?"

"What are we betting on?" Fang Yi asked curiously, looking at the restless Xu Qingshe.

Seeing that Fang Yi had agreed, Xu Qingshe's face lit up with excitement.

"There are three beast souls, one for you, one for me, and one for Xiao Qi. We will attack at the same time, and the one who kills the beast soul first wins."

If I win, I will be the senior brother for the next ten years, and you, Brother Fang, will be the junior brother.
After that, Yu'er and Zhao'er both called me Grand Master Uncle.

"What if Junior Brother loses?" Fang Yi chuckled.

Xu Qingshe hesitated slightly before speaking.

Both are Golden Core cultivators, and their time to condense their cores is similar, but how could a Fire-type Golden Core cultivator lose to a Wood-type cultivator in a battle of magic?

He did not expect to lose.

"Then let's wager the soul beads of the beast souls." Fang Yi's gaze swept over the three beast souls, their soul energy abundant, which would slightly benefit the Void Realm's Withering and Flourishing Banner.

"If my junior brother is defeated, all the beast soul beads obtained on this trip, regardless of their quality or quantity, will be my gain."

"it is good!

"If we lose, the Beast Soul Pearl will not be included in the profit sharing between me and Junior Brother Fang," Xu Qingshe said.

Fang Yi chuckled. "Green Snake, you seem quite confident. The outcome is still uncertain, yet you've already started calling me junior brother."

"Hehe! I dare to make a move because I am absolutely confident."

In terms of the art of healing and strategic planning, I am no match for Junior Brother Fang.

In terms of pure combat, Junior Brother Fang, you are no match for me.

Xu Qingshe took out a spirit lamp, its orange flame flickering. He said competitively, "This green lamp will go out in ten breaths. When it goes out, we'll attack at the same time!"

If we lose, I'll be the senior disciple for the next ten years.

“Alright.” Fang Yi nodded slightly. “It’s good to finish this quickly so as not to attract the dangers from the Burial Abyss.”

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Time passed slowly, and the tiny lamplight gradually dimmed.

Ten breaths
七息
Three breaths
Two breaths
One breath.
"puff!"

The lights went out, Xu Qingshe's robes fluttered, and the Xuan Yan Ruler in his sleeves spit out spiritual light as it struck down.

"Shout!"

The gray fox-shaped beast soul spat out a withered branch-shaped magical artifact, surrounded by azure ghostly energy, and entangled itself towards the Xuan Yan Ruler.

"As expected, this gray-tailed vine fox is a wood-attribute beast soul, which is countered by my [Heaven and Earth Furnace Technique]."

It was worth the effort I put into selecting the beast soul!

Xu Qingshe's face lit up with joy, and he laughed heartily. The remaining two beast souls were a metal-attribute sharp-horned cloud roe deer and a fire-attribute flame-light spirit lion.

Regardless of which beast soul fought against True Man Mu Dao, it always gained the upper hand and was not restrained by Fang Yi.

Having been suppressed by Fang Yi for over a hundred years, he had never suffered any loss, but he still harbored some resentment.

If we both join the Xuan Yang Sect, he can also be our senior brother.

Surrounded by crimson smoke, Xu Qingshe summoned the Heaven and Earth Furnace and crushed towards the Gray-tailed Vine Fox.

The ancient and simple treasure furnace, like the sun, fell heavily, shattering the withered branch artifact with a single blow.

"Junior Brother Fang, the eldest grand-uncle of Zhao'er and Yu'er, I'm definitely taking a seat!"

Fang Yi's eyes closed slightly, and the corners of his mouth curled up.

Both being top-tier ancient martial arts techniques, the [Heaven and Earth Furnace Method] cultivates the path of fire, giving it a more unique advantage in combat compared to the [Life and Death Scripture].

Xu Qingshe used some tricks, and the Gray-tailed Vine Fox was countered by the Fire Path.

They believed they had a very good chance of winning!

Fang Yi's gaze swept over the Flame Lion, its body agile and surrounded by flames.

Of the three beast souls, he was the one whose attributes matched those of the third-tier spiritual plant, the Crimson Flame Lotus, thus gaining the greatest benefit and being the most troublesome.

'Unfortunately, this is the transformed soul of a demonic beast.'

Fang Yi took a step forward, and with a wave of his sleeve, thick vines spread out in a zigzag pattern.

In the blink of an eye, ancient vine cuttings fall in all directions, taking root and sprouting, their green leaves waving in the breeze.

"Buzz!" The Heaven and Earth Furnace crashed down again, and the Gray-tailed Vine Fox let out a mournful cry, its protective soul light dimming once more.

Seeing victory in sight, Xu Qingshe's eyes gleamed brightly, and he continuously cast spells with his fingertips.

Despite the advantage of its location, the Gray-tailed Vine Fox is inferior to a Core Formation True Person in terms of both magical power and magical artifacts and talismans.

Three strikes!

At most three hits!

Xu Qingshe was confident that he could suppress the demon and obtain the Demon Soul Pearl.

With this in mind, his magical power flowed much more smoothly.

"I must visit Xuanzhen Garden often then, just to hear of Senior Brother Meimiao's name."

"Green Snake, your idea is good, but unfortunately it's a step ahead of mine."

With a light tap of his fingertip, Fang Yi unleashed a burst of light, causing countless blue lotuses to bloom and manifesting a magical domain.

"collapse!"

The Azure Lotus Domain shattered instantly, and the rich wood spiritual power transformed into specks of azure light, blending seamlessly with the spiritual power mixed with the aura of Yin ghosts.

Fang Yi glanced over and saw that the Gray Vine Fox, surrounded and attacked by Xu Qing Snake, had turned into gray spiritual light and was fleeing in all directions, barely clinging to life.

He thought to himself with admiration, "Truly worthy of the 'Heaven and Earth Furnace Method'!"

In terms of combat skills and killing enemies, he is a man of the highest rank, capable of competing with those top-tier sword fanatics who have nothing but their swords.

pity'

Fang Yi pressed the Shuiyuan acupoint at the base of his left ring finger with his left thumb, and pressed the Huogongguan acupoint at the tip of his right middle finger with his right index finger. His palms were three inches away from the Tanzhong acupoint, as if embracing Tai Chi.

Little Yi Wood Ascends to Spirit Seal!

"Wow!"

The zigzag-shaped green vine exerted a tremendous suction force, devouring all the gloomy spiritual energy. The vine grew thicker and thicker, and scaly marks appeared on its surface.

Without the advantage of favorable terrain, the Flaming Lion Soul, like a fish out of water, experienced a rapid and visible decline in its vital energy.

In less than three breaths.

"Oh!"

Its aura dropped to near the third level!

The demonic realm protected by the Flaming Lion dimmed and quickly dissipated.

"How can it be?!"

Xu Qingshe's expression changed slightly as he sensed the Flame Lion Soul's cultivation level plummeting, falling from the Demon King realm.

His expression changed slightly, and the gilded spirit flame of the Xuan Yan Ruler in his hand slammed down at lightning speed.

"Why is it impossible?"

Fang Yi wore a jade crown and a robe that symbolized the transformation of mountains and rivers into the moon. His power of decay and prosperity circulated, causing the robe to flutter and rustle, making him appear as still as a deep pool and as majestic as a mountain.

"Junior Brother Xu, although you have the advantage over the wood-attribute demon soul."

But even the strongest attribute advantage is no match for overwhelming cultivation level.

Xu Qingshe's expression turned solemn. He channeled his magical power, and three crimson dragon shadows emerged from his sleeves, breathing out gilded spiritual flames.

Fire Dao Secret Technique: Crimson Dragon Refining Realm

"There's still a chance!" His gaze was resolute. Since he had made the bet, he wouldn't give up halfway or easily admit defeat.

"There's no chance anymore."

Fang Yi gathered his power of withering and flourishing, holding up a phantom of an eighth-grade green lotus in his hand. In the green golden elixir in his dantian, three ancient runes transformed into a rotating Dharma wheel.

The pure magic power transformed into delicate soul threads, which wrapped around the lotus leaf, emitting a faint light, and inscriptions appeared, shooting towards the Flame Lion Soul.

Puppet Mastery Secret Technique: Demon-Slaying Soul-Splitting Blade
"laugh!"

The emerald green leaves slid down, emitting a ghostly light, and the flaming lion head, entwined with yin energy, was severed.

"Crash!"

The Void Realm Withering and Flourishing Banner rose, and cyan chains shot out from the banner's surface, transforming into a net that caught the shattered ghostly light, along with the Soul Pearl, and drew it into the Withering and Flourishing Small Cave Heaven.

Feeling the Void Realm Banner of Withering and Flourishing in his palm, Fang Yi's face showed satisfaction.

The Sutra of Life, Death, Withering and Flourishing: Through the changes of withering and flourishing, one can comprehend the cycle of the four seasons and the way of life.

In terms of combat techniques, it is indeed inferior to the [Heaven and Earth Furnace Technique].

However, the fact that his martial arts skills are not good for combat does not mean that Fang Yi is not good at combat.

Controlling souls and corpses to create puppets—this is the signature technique of the Corpse God of the Nether Spring Sect.

"Junior Brother Xu, your senior brother has won by a small margin this time."

Fang Yi stepped out with his boots raised, his figure blurred as a blue light swirled around him.

"laugh!"

He reappeared beside Seven Precepts, and used the same trick again, with the ancient vines stretching out in a zigzag pattern and palm-sized green leaves swaying.

A blue lotus manifested, the magic domain shattered, and the wood elemental power and the ghostly energy of the underworld blended together seamlessly. Immediately, the fingertips changed their hand seals, forming a magic handprint.

A Lesser Wood Spirit Ascension Seal was unleashed!
"Wow!"

With a mournful cry, the sharp-angled cloud deer transformed into a golden streak of light and fled towards the horizon.

"We can't let you leave."

Puppet Mastery Secret Technique: Demon-Slaying Soul-Splitting Blade
The blue lotus sways, the lotus leaves fall, the ancient painting on the green water flutters, and ripples fall, then the ancient painting gently rolls up.

"Screech!" The sharp-horned cloud deer, its cultivation level plummeting, dissipated and, a few breaths later, transformed into a soul bead that fell into Fang Yi's hand.

"good!
They must have been nourished by the unique spiritual energy of the Burial Soul Abyss, as both soul beads were full of soul light and had profound foundations.

A soul bead of this quality is top-tier even among near-third-tier demon souls.

Fang Yi threw the Soul Pearl into the banner. The power of withering and flourishing flowed, and spiritual texts continuously seeped into the Soul Pearl, refining the demon soul.

Due to its inherent limitations, the Void Realm Withering and Flourishing Banner requires a painstaking process to gradually improve its origin in order to break through to become a mid-grade magic weapon.

The Banner of Withering and Flourishing is related to the changes of withering and flourishing, and is one of the main materials for sacrificial offerings, but it is also the Banner of Wraiths and Bones.

Little by little, with enough demon beast souls, the power of the treasure banner can be upgraded to that of a mid-grade magic weapon.

As he sensed the renewed increase in the radiance of the Void Realm's Withering and Flourishing Banner, Fang Yi made a brief calculation and a faint sense of joy welled up in his heart.

Within the desolate and flourishing grotto, yin energy permeated the air, and various spirits rose and fell in the turbid black river.

"Pfft!"

"Pfft!"

The two soul beads fell into the Yin River, and the soaring ghostly energy transformed into dark clouds that suppressed the crimson evil energy of the Corpse Mountain and the vitality of the spiritual eye beside the bitter plum blossom.

Amidst the blood and flesh mire, the Crimson Yin Divine Sense, which had been in seclusion for cultivation, swept across the area and, seeing no third-tier demon souls, witnessed the blooming of a scarlet lotus beneath his feet.

"Buzz!"

The crimson corpse fire ignited, once again enveloping the Blood Spring Coffin and continuously refining the essence of the precious embryo.

The twelve forbidden laws transformed into a radiant light, encircling the Blood Spring Coffin.

Runes flowed, and beside the precious light, the magical restrictions began to evolve once again.

Once he obtains the Corpse Pattern Iron, Chi Yin is confident that he can refine the Blood Spring Coffin to perfection with the three treasure restrictions.

After that, you can return to Sudu Mountain to hunt cultivators and use treasures to nourish treasures.

'Take nine more near-third-tier beast souls, or three third-tier beast souls.'

Fang Yi pondered for a moment, then pushed the power of the Void Realm Withering and Flourishing Banner to the level of a mid-grade magic weapon, consuming beast souls, which was exactly what he had expected.

"Junior Brother Xu, you must accept your defeat."

His gaze fell, and the gray-tailed vine fox transformed into a bluish-gray soul bead in the furnace of heaven and earth.

As the crimson light descended, Xu Qingshe's lips drooped, and he helplessly flung out the Soul Pearl.

"A bet's a bet! This Soul Pearl is a gift to my senior brother."

The Void Realm's Withering and Flourishing Banner swirled, its delicate surface lifting the Soul Pearl, which then fell into the Yin River of the Withering and Flourishing Small Cave Heaven.

'Eight more are needed.' Fang Yi's thoughts stirred slightly.

Xu Qingshe didn't investigate further. It was normal for Fang Yi to consume a lot of soul beads when refining the puppet.

He took a step forward and landed beside the Crimson Flame Lotus. A medicinal hoe flew out from his sleeve, its tip gleaming with a warm, blue light, and fell toward the spiritual herb.

The warm, blue light seeped into the spiritual soil along the roots, uprooting the Crimson Flame Lotus.

"A third-grade, low-level Crimson Flame Lotus is sufficient to refine precious pills."

Xu Qingshe placed the Crimson Flame Lotus, wrapped in brown spiritual soil, into the Spirit-Sealing Jade Box, affixed a Qi-locking and Spirit-nurturing talisman, and smiled.

A third-tier low-grade spiritual item is already a considerable gain in the remote and eerily ghostly Burial Abyss.

"Senior Brother Fang, we'll split this elixir after we leave the Burial Soul Abyss."

“It’s alright,” Fang Yi nodded slightly. “Let’s go to the Green Wood Palace ruins first. As we discussed before, the spiritual objects in the Burial Soul Abyss will be divided fifty-fifty.”
Now let's first clean up the mess between us.

After a moment's thought, he waved his sleeves and summoned the ancient map of Biyue Pavilion, connecting it to the Black Lake, which stretched for hundreds of miles.

"Crash!"

The tide surged, undercurrents surged, water vapor rose, and a drizzling black rain fell.

Under the washing of the black rain, the lush vitality, the lingering fire of Xu Qingshe, and the remaining demonic power of Qijie all gradually dimmed.

A quarter of an hour later.

Two beams of light rose, and the deep black lake returned to silence, as if no one had ever been there.

One day later.

The dark lakes stretch for hundreds of miles, silent and still.

"boom!"

Crimson ghostly energy rolled across the horizon, a long bridge of white bones descended, and a bright, eerie light shone, illuminating a hundred miles away.

Above the long bridge of white bones, the Crimson-Eyed Ghost King, wearing a Xuan Yin crown and a beast-skin robe, rapidly spun the skull prayer beads in his hand.

After what seemed like a long silence, his hoarse, dry voice finally broke through.

"The Abyss of Soul Burial is shrouded in the aura of spirits and ghosts, and is also teeming with hidden wood poison, making it a place rarely visited by humans."

Who on earth dared to disturb the Crimson Flame Lotus that I have so carefully nurtured?

The Burial Abyss has a unique terrain, making it difficult for cultivators to practice. Even if spiritual objects are produced, they tend to be poisonous.

In order to cultivate the Crimson Flame Lotus to the third tier, the Crimson-Eyed Ghost King devoted all his efforts and commanded three near-third-tier beast souls to protect the spiritual plant.

He twirled his long index finger, making the prayer beads spin more rapidly.

"Woo~"

The mournful sound of the bone flute echoed, like a lament, transforming into an invisible net that captured the energy of all directions.

"Buzz!"

As he watched the dense ghostly energy gather within the net, a ghostly fire ignited in his crimson eyes, and a chilling aura surged skyward, disrupting the celestial phenomena.

"Not a single trace was left! Who could it be?!"

Xuan Gu Lao Gui, Chi Yan Ji, or perhaps a foreign cultivator?

"Don't let me catch you, or you'll suffer the agony of having your soul torn apart!"

After a while, seeing that he had gained nothing, the Crimson-Eyed Demon King sighed helplessly.

"Fortunately, I had a backup plan. I planted nine lotus seeds, which became three Crimson Flame Lotus plants."

With one plant lost, the remaining two lotus plants are of even better quality, and their hiding place is even more secluded.
The beast spirits guarding Baolian are hiding a hundred miles away from Baolian, using a feint attack.

"Roar!"

The Xuan Yang Ruler crashed down, the Void Realm's Withering and Flourishing Banner fluttered, and the two mythical beast souls were forced back to their original forms.

In the stone forest, strange rocks stand tall, and a red spring flows gently.

Fang Yi reached out and released a beam of spiritual light, which swept the Soul Pearl into the Void Realm Withering and Flourishing Banner.

Only six remain.

The compass in Xu Qingshe's hand was surrounded by silver spiritual light, with the Heavenly Stems inscriptions flowing around it and the pointer constantly turning.

"Senior Brother Fang, creation is mysterious and heaven and earth are wondrous. It seems that there is a place where pure spiritual veins gather deep in this stone forest."

But disturbed by this ghostly energy, even with the feng shui compass in hand, they could not find a place where the spiritual energy gathered.

"Oh?

Let me give it a try.

Fang Yi's eyes lit up. A spiritual land that Xu Qingshe had his eye on must be of a high grade.

He circulated his withered and flourishing magical power, his eyes filled with six-pointed plum blossoms in the cold. After a moment, a wisp of spiritual energy, thin as a thread, fell into his hand.

"disease!"

Secret Techniques of the Master: The Little Search for Innocence
After condensing the Golden Core, Fang Yi's magical power and divine sense underwent a transformation. When he activated this secret technique again, its power was far beyond what he could have achieved during the Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining stages.

Ten breaths later.

Fang Yi's mind was slightly shaken.

"Found it, come with me."

Deep within the stone forest, gray clouds and mist swirl, and eerie, mysterious laws and restrictions churn.

Looking at the crimson lotus flower, as big as a bushel, planted in the crimson spring, Xu Qingshe's expression was strange.

"Senior Brother Fang, this Crimson Flame Lotus doesn't seem to be a wild spiritual plant; it appears to be cultivated by someone."

Fang Yi waved his hand and unleashed a beam of spiritual light, causing ripples to spread across the magical barrier.

"A swift and decisive battle is necessary; delay could lead to unforeseen complications."

Three days later.

Looking at the collapsed ancient building and the ruins scattered with broken walls, Fang Yi's gaze wandered.

"Junior Brother Xu, is the Qingmu Palace ruins you mentioned here?"

Xu Qingshe smiled and produced a token.

"Crash!"

(End of this chapter)