Cultivating Immortality: Starting from Ferrying Passengers

Chapter 205 The Aftermath of the Outer Sea
"Senior Fang, this is what my grandfather asked me to deliver. It's the amount due this month. Please check it."

In the cave dwelling rented by Fang Jingxuan, a dashing young man, holding a storage bag, bowed to Fang Jingxuan.

Fang Jingxuan took it and scanned it with his divine sense, and immediately figured out the number of spirit stones inside: a full ninety high-grade spirit stones.

"Very good. Please give my regards to your grandfather. It's getting late, why don't you stay here for your meal?"

"No, I still have homework to finish, so I won't disturb your meditation."

The boy turned and left, and Fang Jingxuan watched him go with a smile. This was Wang Xuan's grandson, named Wang Sen, who was the same child whose innate talent was so rare that no one could find a suitable fellow practitioner to cultivate with.

Now, with the substitution technique sent by Fang Jingxuan, Wang Sen has successfully embarked on the path of cultivation and is now a cultivator in the mid-stage of Qi Refining.

Fang Jingxuan didn't know Wang Sen's exact innate ability, but since Wang Xuan entrusted him with such a huge amount of spirit stones, he obviously trusted him a lot. Fang Jingxuan guessed that this innate ability was mainly for self-preservation and concealment.

Fang Jingxuan didn't investigate Wang Sen too closely, and he tried to avoid contacting Wang Sen in the future, for fear that the "Emperor's Jade Dew Pill" would become too popular and expose him as the supplier of the raw materials.

If that happens, we won't have any peace and quiet left.

At this time, half a year had passed since Liu Gu successfully advanced. During this period, Wang Xuan delivered a 'Jade Dew Pill of Emperor' as promised, which Fang Jingxuan fed directly to Tuo Yuan.

However, compared to Liu Gu's cultivation speed, Tuo Yuan is not as fast. In addition, its huge size and Xuanwu bloodline mean that Tuo Yuan needs more resources to advance.

The 'Imperial Jade Dew Pill' seemed to have no effect on it once it entered its mouth.

As a tortoise-type spirit beast, with the increase in Tuoyuan's total lifespan and the improvement of its realm, it now needs more time to advance to each level. If it were to rely solely on Tuoyuan's own resources to feed it without Fang Jingxuan's resources, the advancement time would be calculated in hundreds of years.

According to Fang Jingxuan's calculations, Tuoyuan would need about twelve more 'Emperor's Jade Dew Pills' to successfully advance to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

Twelve pieces. At a rate of four pieces per year, it would only take three years, which Fang Jingxuan could certainly wait for.

Now that Fang Jingxuan has a stable source of spirit stones from selling jade dew, he is no longer in a hurry.

This also made him more hesitant about planning the establishment of the Sword Shadow Mountain.

If you don't have money, you should naturally find a way; poverty breeds resourcefulness. But now that you have the Spirit Stone Flower, taking risks again would be a bit too radical.

Alas, even Fang Jingxuan, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, cannot avoid this kind of anxiety about gains and losses.

Fortunately, Jia Shengyu's plan is still underway. According to his information, he has already initially bribed a Qi Refining cultivator in Sword Shadow Mountain. The cultivator is willing to sell some unimportant things in exchange for cultivation resources.

However, it will still take a considerable amount of time to thoroughly investigate the situation within Sword Shadow Mountain, so Fang Jingxuan need not worry that it will soon reach a point where he has no choice but to take action.

Putting those matters aside for the moment, Fang Jingxuan picked up the intelligence he had collected and examined it carefully.

This information, regarding the recent situation in the Chaotic Star Sea region, was specially acquired by Fang Jingxuan through a sect within the Artifact City that specializes in selling intelligence.

However, there is still a large area between Qifu City and the Chaotic Star Sea, which means that the intelligence gathered by this intelligence sect is not very detailed.

However, the general trend was quite accurate, which left Fang Jingxuan with mixed feelings after reading it.

According to the timeline, after Fang Jingxuan left, the Holy Infant Sect was besieged by three major organizations and sects.

Among these, due to factors within the Holy Infant Sect itself, there were very few Foundation Establishment cultivators who remained loyal to the Holy Infant Sect.

Therefore, when faced with the siege, the huge sect had little power to fight back, and five or six Foundation Establishment cultivators defected to the enemy in a short time.

If it weren't for Madam Ye leading everyone to fight their way out, the Holy Infant Sect would probably have been wiped out this time.

What Fang Jingxuan should note is that this intelligence also records the names of cultivators who shone brightly in this great battle, and Bai Zhu is among them.

Seeing this, Fang Jingxuan couldn't help but admire Bai Zhu. He had managed to escape from such a desperate situation, proving his considerable strength. Furthermore, Xiao Yan, along with Ghost Face, directly betrayed the organization, joining the Four Seas Society and handing over Ao Gu and Hai Hu as a pledge of loyalty.

As for Bai Gui, a Foundation Establishment cultivator with little presence, he still has no presence in this intelligence report.

At this point, the Holy Infant Sect collapsed. Madam Ye led four or five Foundation Establishment cultivators, including Bai Zhu who fled, Xiao Yan who rebelled, and the other two Foundation Establishment elders who died in battle.

In this battle, both sides deployed about fifty Foundation Establishment cultivators, seventeen of whom perished on the spot, most of whom were killed by Madam Ye and Bai Zhu.

As for the Qi Refining cultivators, there were even more casualties, with a rough estimate of over a thousand.

Now, the territory of the Holy Infant Sect has been divided among three forces, and after this battle, the Thousand Sun Sect is likely to rise to prominence.

Compared to Baishan, the Chaotic Star Sea is even more chaotic, with sects rising and falling in rapid succession, which is quite normal.

Seeing the fate of the Holy Infant Sect, Fang Jingxuan sighed. Even if he had been there at the time, if he hadn't wanted to betray Xiao Yan, he would have only ended up fleeing in panic.

Even Madam Lianye and Baizhu were powerless to help, so what was he to them?

At this moment, Lin Xiaoqian's image flashed through his mind. He was slightly startled, but quickly regained his composure. Everyone has their own destiny. As an alchemist, he would be treated with great respect in any power or sect.

Fang Jingxuan then put down the intelligence report and chose to bury all these past events deep in his heart and seal them away.

Fang Jingxuan then took out the ginseng, consumed the elixir, and began to meditate and cultivate diligently.

Spring brings forth life, summer fosters growth, autumn brings harvest, and winter brings storage; in the blink of an eye, a year has passed.

On this day, Fang Jingxuan was in a quiet room, leisurely browsing the information on his control panel.

[Real name: Fang Jingxuan]

【Age: 50/280】

[Cultivation: Foundation Establishment Level 2 (25200/55000)]

Total Mana: 1930 (drops)

[Divine Sense Perception: 750 (zhang)]

[Netherworld Abyss: [Abyss of Ghostly Howls] [Soul Extraction and Stealing] [Loss of All Five Senses] [Soul Locked by the River Styx]

Nearly three years have passed since I left the open sea and returned to Baishan. I have reached the age of fifty, which in my previous life would have been considered the age of knowing one's destiny.

But now, in the overall lifespan of Foundation Establishment cultivators, this age is just like being twenty years old in my previous life—young, vigorous, and full of vitality.

Moreover, once he breaks through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, the innate divine power of [Eternal Life of Cypress] will grant him another thirty years of extra lifespan, so he will still be young at that time.

Therefore, since the advantage lies with me, there is no need to rush to seize the sect's foundation or engage in battles and fights with others.

Next, Fang Jingxuan looked at his cultivation progress. Now he could increase his cultivation progress by nearly 10,000 points in a year. This speed was indeed amazing.

In about three years, I will be able to successfully become a cultivator at the third level of Foundation Establishment.

Since that's the case, then let's wait another three years. Once I've successfully advanced and Tuoyuan has also advanced smoothly, it won't be too late to try and take over Sword Shadow Mountain.

Upon reading this, Fang Jingxuan's desire to seize Sword Shadow Mountain diminished somewhat.

(End of this chapter)