Cultivating Immortality: Starting from Ferrying Passengers

Chapter 143 Appearance in front of others
Three days later, Fang Jingxuan, accompanied by Tuoyuan, arrived at a large island on the westernmost edge of the South China Sea archipelago.

As soon as they landed, several cultivators quickly came to greet them. The leader was a middle-aged cultivator at the ninth level of Qi Refining. His handsome appearance now showed signs of weariness due to worry.

"Is the visitor Chen Ping'an, Fellow Daoist? I am Li Xiangyun, the master of Xiangyun Island."

Upon seeing Fang Jingxuan arrive riding a tortoise, the newcomer sensed a faint sense of danger emanating from him and immediately resonated with the information from Chunyu Tower.

"Greetings, Island Master Li. I am Chen Ping'an, a disciple of Lingji Zhenren of the Baishan Xuanqing Sect. I am currently traveling in the outer seas and have heard that Xiangyun Island may be in trouble, so I have come to help."

Fang Jingxuan was dressed like a true Daoist cultivator, wearing a jade crown, a purple Daoist robe, and a pair of shoes woven from various herbs—none of them were cheap.

This is the outfit he got fixed in Guixufang. His original clothes didn't fit him very well, so he bought a few random pieces on Meteor Island to use temporarily.

Now that he was going to see Li Xiangyun, he spent his only two hundred low-grade spirit stones to buy a Taoist robe from head to toe. Although it was not a magic robe and had no embroidered array, the material used was high-grade spirit silk, and the cost was not cheap.

Combined with Fang Jingxuan's body after cultivating the "Nine Revolutions of the Azure Sea Technique" and the powerful magic brought by the "True Explanation of the Profound Abyss", this was a perfect match for the technique.

At this moment, Fang Jingxuan acted quite naturally as a disciple of a powerful and influential family.

Fang Jingxuan is now maintaining his cultivation at the normal level of the eighth stage of Qi Refining, intentionally concealing his true abilities.

When traveling, one's identity is determined by oneself. Fang Jingxuan certainly couldn't reveal his real name to Chunyu Tower, so he used the alias Chen Ping'an.

"I've long admired your name. Please come in and let's talk inside."

Li Xiangyun spoke politely, inviting Fang Jingxuan into the formation. Fang Jingxuan was not afraid and walked confidently into the unfamiliar formation.

The moment he entered the formation, Fang Jingxuan felt as if his entire body had been scanned instantly, but it did not elicit any special reaction.

"Fellow Daoist Chen, please don't be offended. This is the automatic detection reaction of the mountain-protecting formation. As long as you are not a cultivator of the demonic path, ghost path, or corpse path, this formation will not have any other reaction."

Seeing that Fang Jingxuan was unaffected, Li Xiangyun breathed a slight sigh of relief. Earlier, a ghost cultivator had intercepted the reinforcements he had invited, and then used an alias to infiltrate the area.

Although he was eventually exposed, he also lost several skilled fighters. Therefore, every cultivator entering the formation from now on must go through the formation first.

Furthermore, this magic array can also sense a cultivator's cultivation level. Fang Jingxuan has now changed his cultivation method, and the total amount of magic power in his body directly shocked Li Xiangyun, who received the information.

Such a massive amount of magical power must belong to the true lineage of a major sect.

Therefore, after passing through this formation, Fang Jingxuan discovered that Li Xiangyun, who was at the ninth level of Qi Refining, had become even more eager than before.

A moment later, the group arrived at a grand hall on a mountainside, and Fang Jingxuan took the opportunity to admire the scenery along the way.

Xiangyun Island is located at the westernmost part of the South China Sea archipelago. Life there was peaceful until two months ago when the Li family's fleet had a conflict with another fleet over the ownership of a group of spirit fish while they were out fishing.

After several battles, the conflict between the two sides grew stronger and stronger, and now they regard each other as irreconcilable enemies. So the two sides used their own methods to ask for help from all sides.

Fang Jingxuan also saw that Li Xiangyun's offer was good and wanted a place to stay temporarily, so he came to check out the situation.

"Come, come, let me introduce you. This is Chen Ping'an, a distinguished disciple of the Baishan Xuanqing Sect. He is here to help the Li family."

These are fellow Daoists who arrived some time ago, namely…

Fang Jingxuan listened silently as Li Xiangyun introduced the other cultivators to him. He glanced around and found that all of them were late-stage Qi Refining cultivators, and each of them looked quite strong.

Inside the main hall, besides himself, there were four other late-stage Qi Refining cultivators. Li Xiangyun had managed to invite five late-stage Qi Refining cultivators to help him, which meant he must be quite wealthy.

Perhaps it was because Li Xiangyun's tone was too cheerful when introducing Fang Jingxuan that one of the four cultivators became displeased. "Baishan Xuanqing Sect? I, Old Liu, have been wandering around Baishan for so long, and I've traveled all over the entire Baishan area. How come I've never heard of this sect? Fellow Daoist Chen, you didn't just make this up, did you?"

At this moment, a cultivator who was practicing body refinement questioned Fang Jingxuan. Upon hearing this, Li Xiangyun remained silent, clearly wanting to see Fang Jingxuan's temperament and strength.

Fang Jingxuan only glanced at the old man, and he got a general idea of ​​what he was like.

With a cultivation level of the eighth stage of Qi Refining, his total amount of magical power is average, his spiritual fluctuations are not very active, and the range of his spiritual sense is at most 120 feet.

With the addition of body-refining techniques, his combat power can be increased slightly. He should have a few trump cards up his sleeve, making him a typical rogue cultivator from the outer seas.

Fang Jingxuan had never been afraid of this kind of person before, and now he didn't take the other party's words seriously at all.

However, Fang Jingxuan felt it was inappropriate to simply tolerate this matter, as it concerned the location and size of the spiritual land where he would reside in the future, and naturally he wanted to fight for it.

"Fellow Daoist Liu, perhaps you are ignorant, but it doesn't matter. I don't blame you for not having heard of it before. You will remember it in the future. Island Master Li, I'm sorry."

Fang Jingxuan apologized to Li Xiangyun, who wanted to watch the show from the side. Before Li Xiangyun could understand what was happening, Fang Jingxuan reached out and made a grasping motion. Instantly, a giant water spirit hand, two zhang tall, appeared out of thin air.

As soon as the watery hand appeared, it grabbed at the old willow tree fiercely. Because of its large size, it accidentally knocked over several pillars in the main hall.

The moment this giant spirit palm was unleashed, it startled everyone else. As late-stage Qi Refining cultivators, they could naturally see through its power.

The Giant Spirit Palm requires not only a massive amount of magical power but also an extremely large amount of divine consciousness to operate. Without either of these, the Giant Spirit Palm would not possess such power.

Just by condensing a giant palm of this size, it could drain seventy or eighty percent of the mana of a cultivator at the eighth level of Qi Refining. Yet, Fang Jingxuan still looked nonchalant, clearly indicating that this expenditure was nothing to him.

At this moment, Old Liu's expression also changed. As the saying goes, a master's skill is evident from the first move, and he knew he couldn't do what Fang Jingxuan had done.

"Stop, stop, stop, Fellow Daoist Chen, I was being presumptuous. Please don't take offense."

As a rogue cultivator from the outer sea, his body was naturally flexible. Before Fang Jingxuan had even exerted his full strength, Old Liu immediately yielded.

Fang Jingxuan snorted coldly and dispersed the Water Element Giant Spirit Palm. Since the other party had backed down, he couldn't be unreasonable, especially since they might fight together again in the future.

However, the Water Element Giant Spirit Palm, a technique from the "Mysterious Abyss True Explanation," is exceptionally useful.

The mana that Fang Jingxuan just consumed was not seven or eight tenths of what an ordinary Qi Refining Level 8 cultivator would use, but only three or four tenths.

Fang Jingxuan's total mana is now four times that of an ordinary Qi Refining Level 8 cultivator. So, this move just now only used less than one-tenth of his mana.

He can create this Water Element Giant Palm technique fourteen or fifteen times in a row.

Furthermore, when one cultivates the "Mysterious Abyss True Explanation" to the ninth level of Qi Refining perfection, the Water Element Giant Spirit Palm will most likely advance into a supernatural technique. At that time, the mana consumed will be even lower.

"Impressive supernatural powers, impressive cultivation. Fellow Daoist Chen, this way please. I have prepared a cave dwelling and spiritual ground, as well as maids and servants. You have come from afar, so you should rest well. If you have any needs, please feel free to ask."

At this moment, Li Xiangyun was overjoyed. He realized that he had struck gold with Fang Jingxuan's cultivation level.

Fang Jingxuan chuckled and echoed a few times, easing the awkward atmosphere, then went out with Tuoyuan and headed to the cave dwelling prepared by Li Xiangyun.

After he left, the remaining four people in the hall began to whisper among themselves.

(End of this chapter)