Cultivating Immortality: Starting from Ferrying Passengers

Chapter 211 The Chaos in Shandu
Is there anything unusual?

Si Teng Nu looked through the array at the sword vine inside, but found nothing new. At this time, Fang Jingxuan had already returned to the house and no longer stayed by the sword vine's side.

Inside the secret chamber, both Foundation Establishment cultivators shook their heads, indicating that there was nothing unusual.

Si Teng nodded, and after watching for a while, she said:
"Don't be careless. You must report anything that happens. The Green Gourd Sword Vine is related to the master's important affairs. If anything goes wrong, you two will die without consequence."

The two nodded again, and after dealing with Si Teng Nu, they chuckled coldly a few times.

After leaving the formation, Si Teng walked towards the main hall at the top of the mountain. When she encountered cultivators along the way, she concealed herself, so no one could discover her.

Only when they reached the main hall at the top of the mountain did the woman of the Situ appear and walk into it step by step.

At this moment, the large jade chair was empty; Kuai Tong was clearly not there.

Seeing this, the woman stood quietly behind a stone pillar and waited patiently.

After a long while, a gentle breeze blew by, and Kuai Tong appeared out of thin air on the chair. He looked somewhat tired and seemed to have many things on his mind.

"My lord, the Green Gourd Sword Vine is growing well. Nourished by Fang Jingxuan's innate divine power, its growth rate is increasing by leaps and bounds, and the time it takes to bear fruit can be shortened by a full ninety years."

Si Teng knelt down and reported softly. Upon hearing this, Kuai Tong's expression softened slightly, and he praised her:

“You’ve done a good job. In that case, we can slow down the progress of the other two spiritual plants. We can transfer the Foundation Establishment cultivators from those two locations to Luo family territory to add some strength to deter the Spirit Wood Alliance.”

Si Teng was taken aback, and then said:

"Although the Green Gourd Sword Vine is growing well, we still need to have a backup plan. We should mobilize them all."

"It's alright. Luo Feng has perished, and not even her remains can be found. Her territory is right next to the land of rogue cultivators. The Spirit Wood Alliance has always had the ambition to expand outwards. Faced with such a good opportunity, they will definitely cause trouble. Let's deal with this matter first and then get back on track."

Kuai Tong frowned, clearly puzzled by the inexplicable demise of Luo Feng, a mid-stage Golden Core cultivator.

"Could it be that the Spiritwood Alliance hired someone to do this?"

Si Teng boldly began her analysis, to which Kuai Tong retorted:

"It couldn't have been done by the Spirit Wood Alliance. We had an agreement that we wouldn't attack each other's high-level cultivators. Lower-level cultivators could hate each other and fight each other, but high-level cultivators wouldn't do that. Otherwise, White Mountain would be in complete chaos."

"With Luo Feng's demise, there are no major beneficiaries inside or outside Qifu City. The Lingmu and Lihuo families have not made any preparations for war recently. All these circumstances suggest that her death was more like an accident."

"By all accounts, Luo Feng is over 430 years old this year. Even if she didn't suddenly die, she wouldn't have lived for several decades. Could it be that she took a risk to prolong her life or forcefully break through to the late stage of the Golden Core realm, and unfortunately died?"

Kuai Tong muttered his analysis to himself, recalling every scene of his previous conversations with Luo Feng, trying to dig out something from them.

But the path ahead was shrouded in mist, and even he, the Lord of Qifu City and a late-stage Golden Core cultivator, could not see clearly.

Inside the Sword Vine Spirit Garden, Fang Jingxuan sat cross-legged on a jade couch. Tuoyuan poked his head out, peering cautiously towards the door, worried that that annoying woman had come again.

Fang Jingxuan didn't care about any of that. He was currently focused on comprehending the gift that the Green Gourd Sword Vine had just given him.

This is a sword intent, and it is unknown which magic sword it was originally embedded in and buried under the Green Gourd Sword Vine a few days ago.

Moreover, after being absorbed by the Green Gourd Sword Vine, this sword intent was actually purified. When it was transmitted to Fang Jingxuan's sea of ​​consciousness, Fang Jingxuan felt that this sword intent was something that a second-tier magic sword could not possibly possess.

'The Sword Intent of Departure from Illusion!'

This is the name Fang Jingxuan gave to this sword intent. This sword intent contains the power of illusion, which can create a scene that seems real but is not. If the opponent's spiritual power is not as strong as Fang Jingxuan's, or if they do not have the corresponding means to awaken them, they will be immersed in this illusion and unable to extricate themselves.

Fang Jingxuan had never practiced swordsmanship before, so he was unfamiliar with this sword intent. Now, this sword intent was like a seed planted in Fang Jingxuan's sea of ​​consciousness, and it would take a long time to cultivate it before it could grow.

Fang Jingxuan was naturally satisfied with this unexpected benefit. More importantly, the Azure Gourd Sword Vine had recognized him, which would greatly aid his future plans. Fang Jingxuan concealed the sword intent in his heart and took out his alchemy furnace to continue refining pills.

Tuoyuan pulled his head back and silently accompanied Fang Jingxuan. Unfortunately, all of the Moon Essence Dew had to be reserved for the Green Gourd Sword Vine, which meant it had no additional support. Originally, it was expected to break through in four years, but now it seemed that it might take forty years.

However, this is also good. Tuoyuan has relied on external forces most of the way along, so it is a good opportunity for him to settle down and temper his character.

And so, the man and the tortoise calmly refined the most basic elixirs in this simple dwelling.

Time flies, and two years have passed in the blink of an eye. The last Luo family turmoil has finally come to an end.

During this period, Fang Jingxuan did not find an opportunity to escape. In these two years, his life was repetitive, monotonous, yet fulfilling.

As time went on, Fang Jingxuan also realized that the people secretly monitoring him behind the formation were probably two Foundation Establishment cultivators.

The two of them took turns monitoring their situation day and night, or rather, keeping a close eye on the situation of the Green Gourd Sword Vine.

Si Teng Nu would come to check on it every ten days, carefully observing the growth of the Green Gourd Sword Vine each time. She would be very nervous if even one leaf became withered.

However, under the infusion of Fang Jingxuan's Extreme Yin Moon Essence Dew, a spiritual liquid with an amazing nourishing effect on spiritual plants, the growth of the Green Gourd Sword Vine has always been very good.

After the Green Gourd Sword Vine returned its sword intent once last time, it has not returned it again. Fang Jingxuan guessed that this was probably due to the lack of new magic swords being buried.

Fang Jingxuan didn't care about this. He was only focused on two things: his own cultivation level and his alchemy skills.

Now, in the third-grade high-quality spiritual land, Fang Jingxuan has been cultivating for almost seven years. He has never stopped taking pills to aid his cultivation. Now, his cultivation progress has reached the third level of Foundation Establishment, which is more than halfway complete.

Fang Jingxuan thought that this kind of life would continue for a long time, but the opportunity he was waiting for appeared so suddenly.

On this day, Fang Jingxuan was peacefully refining elixirs when he suddenly felt that the feeling of being subtly watched that he used to have vanished without a trace.

Fang Jingxuan, unsure whether it was a trap, remained inactive, focusing solely on alchemy and acting as if nothing concerned him.

However, as time passed, five days later, when the woman from the Siteng family came to observe the sword vine, this surveillance had not yet been restored.

"Sito, what's happening outside?"

After seven years of companionship, Fang Jingxuan could naturally ask Si Teng such a question. If it had been at the beginning, Fang Jingxuan would have been reprimanded.

After hesitating for a few moments, Si Teng told the truth, after all, Fang Jingxuan had been quite calm and cooperative over the past seven years.

"In the land of rogue cultivators, a new Golden Core sect has moved out, forcibly seized the Mountain Capital Spirit Vein, and killed Sven Guang. This is a powerful dragon with the support of the Beast Taming Sect. Our Artifact Talisman City cannot interfere. We can only mobilize cultivators and garrison troops on the border in preparation for any eventuality."

Fang Jingxuan suddenly realized that this was the reason; otherwise, these two Foundation Establishment cultivators wouldn't have been transferred away.

Unexpectedly, there are Golden Core sects in this White Mountain that are willing to relocate here.

"The Beast Taming Sect? Are they a branch of the Beast Taming lineage?"

"Not really. This Golden Core sect migrated from Black Wind Valley. Compared to White Mountain, the environment there is even more ferocious. This sect was forced out of its way and had no choice but to seek help from a relative with the same surname in the Beast Taming Sect. By leveraging the power of the Beast Taming Sect, they managed to forcibly settle here."

Si Teng's tone was low, indicating that this new Golden Core sect had put a lot of pressure on Qi Fu City.

A few years ago, Luo Feng perished, and Qifu City lost a Golden Core warrior. Now, another evil neighbor has settled here, which makes Kuai Tong exclaim that he is having a run of bad luck.

But what Kuai Tong didn't expect was that what happened next was truly fatal.

(End of this chapter)