Cultivating Immortality: Starting from Ferrying Passengers

Chapter 213 The sword vine falls over
Fang Jingxuan had not seen Si Teng arrive at the Sword Vine Spirit Garden for quite some time.

This interval was longer than any before, so long that Fang Jingxuan subconsciously felt as if he had been forgotten.

Since that's the case, Fang Jingxuan decided to go out and take a look.

That night, Fang Jingxuan made thorough preparations. He carefully stored Tuoyuan away and put all the alchemy furnace and spiritual herbs he had exchanged for with merit points into his storage bag.

Finally, he summoned Liugu, gently stroking its head, his gaze becoming very firm.

This place is not bad, it's a high-grade third-tier spiritual land. If I go out, there's a high probability that I won't have any more spiritual veins like this to cultivate in.

But compared to freedom, what does a third-grade high-level spiritual vein matter? His own life is in the hands of another's whim, and this is something Fang Jingxuan cannot accept.

After seven years of patience, the dawn of hope has finally broken, and there is also a generous reward.

Before taking action, Fang Jingxuan repeatedly used the "Spur of the Moment" technique to sense the auspiciousness or inauspiciousness. In the past, the auspiciousness or inauspiciousness he could sense was basically a blur.

Fang Jingxuan guessed that this was because it involved Kuai Tong, a Golden Core cultivator, which caused the "spur-of-the-moment" effect to fail.

But this latest perception, the feedback from [A Sudden Inspiration], was actually auspicious, which marked the timing for Fang Jingxuan to activate it in advance.

At this moment, all the Foundation Establishment cultivators who had been monitoring him had been transferred away, and Si Teng hadn't been coming recently either. Clearly, something big had happened outside.

Even Kuai Tong was no longer there. Without the intimidation of this Golden Core cultivator, Fang Jingxuan's courage became undiminished.

Without delay, Fang Jingxuan connected his soul with his six bones, transformed into a rainbow of light, and passed through the high-level formation in front of him to arrive directly in front of the sword vine.

Then, Fang Jingxuan took out his personal [Azure Wood Treasure Garden] and reached out to grasp the root of the Azure Gourd Sword Vine.

This [Azure Wood Treasure Garden] is a wood spirit space artifact that Fang Jingxuan specially purchased so that he could carry the Enlightenment Vine with him for a long time.

The area inside is not large, only about twenty feet in size. Unlike storage bags, the spiritual plants inside can grow freely and interact with the outside world's spiritual energy at any time.

Now, the Wudao Vine has been living there for a long time and is quite comfortable, but now it is about to have a new neighbor.

Fang Jingxuan's soul sent his consciousness into the root of the green gourd sword he was holding.

He was reassuring the Green Gourd Sword Vine that there would be a little pain coming.

The Green Gourd Sword Vine sensed the consciousness transmitted by Fang Jingxuan and was immediately filled with fear. However, this emotion was mostly instinctive, and with its current abilities, it was not able to resist Fang Jingxuan, a cultivator at the third level of Foundation Establishment.

"rise!"

Fang Jingxuan spread his magic power evenly among the roots beneath the sword vine. Instantly, the soil within a radius of several dozen feet was enveloped by Xuan Yuan's magic power. Then, as Fang Jingxuan exerted his strength, the earth trembled, and cracks were torn open.

At this moment, the true essence of Fang Jingxuan's mana was flowing out of his body like water. A cultivator's mana is always precious and usually needs to be released through a magical artifact as a medium.

Destroying so many plots of land is easy, but to lift them up and precisely store them requires not only a powerful magic but also a delicate manipulation of the soul. The combination of these two makes it difficult.

For someone like Fang Jingxuan, relying solely on his magical power to lift such a heavy load of soil would be difficult even for a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Fang Jingxuan's divine sense continuously extended downwards into the soil, trying to envelop every root of the Green Gourd Sword Vine. Once he felt that his divine sense had completely enveloped the underground roots of the Green Gourd Sword Vine, Fang Jingxuan fully activated his magic power. As 30% of the magic power in his body instantly disappeared, the Green Gourd Sword Vine in front of him, along with a huge amount of soil, was completely absorbed into the [Green Wood Treasure Garden].

As a massive amount of soil poured in, the Enlightenment Vine inside was almost completely submerged, but fortunately, Fang Jingxuan manipulated his divine sense to avoid it as much as possible.

Without bothering to carefully arrange the Green Gourd Sword Vine or check its condition, Fang Jingxuan simply left it on the ground of the Green Wood Treasure Garden, where it had lost a large number of leaves. The rough relocation had caused it considerable damage.

Looking at the deep pit that appeared in front of him, Fang Jingxuan chuckled. Then he took a few quick breaths to calm the surging magical power within his body. With a flash, he transformed into a rainbow of light and fled out of the spiritual garden.

Currently, Liu Gu has advanced to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, and this Rainbow Transformation Light Escape technique can be used as many as ten times.

However, if this number of times is exceeded, it will take Liu Gu three to five days to recover. Moreover, if most of his magical power is used to perform this supernatural power, he will not be able to help Fang Jingxuan in other aspects.

Therefore, how to coordinate and use all of Liu Gu's various supernatural abilities is a real test of Fang Jingxuan's decision-making ability.

However, for now, Fang Jingxuan mainly used Rainbow Light Escape. After using this divine ability to escape from the Spirit Garden sealed by the array, he walked quickly in one direction.

The Rainbow Light Escape technique can only be used a limited number of times, and it has already been used twice, so we should save it as much as possible.

In addition, he is currently still in the Kuai family's internal spiritual vein. As a Golden Core power, he doesn't know if the Kuai family has any means to counter his Rainbow Light Escape technique. Therefore, it's best to keep a low profile in the early stages, and if he can leave, he should leave; if he can blend in, he should blend in.

It's best not to transform into a rainbow and escape directly; that would be too conspicuous.

Just moments after Fang Jingxuan left, the third-order formation within the Spirit Garden, which had detected the loss of the Green Gourd Sword Vine, automatically issued an alarm message.

Immediately, the Foundation Establishment cultivators who remained in the area changed their expressions completely, because this was the highest level of warning signal.

Moreover, most cultivators did not know where the enemy was, because the Green Gourd Sword Vine was a secret of Kuai Tong, a key item prepared for the Nascent Soul stage on the summit of White Mountain, and naturally he would not tell these Foundation Establishment disciples.

"Where did that alarm signal come from? Could it be the Wei family calling?"

"The external protective array hasn't been activated; it's an internal alarm signal located in the Sword Spirit Garden. Strange, the map shows this is just an ordinary medicine garden. How could this be?"

"This is bad. Quickly send someone to check. Also, seal off all entrances and exits, activate the mountain-protecting formation at full power, and then report the news to the higher authorities so that Ancestor Kuai can know as soon as possible."

"But Ancestor Kuai is now forced to venture deep into the wilderness to search for the Blood Blade, and he can't come back either."

"Whether they come back or not, we should report it first. That will reduce our guilt considerably. Otherwise, concealing it would be courting death."

Four or five Foundation Establishment cultivators quickly devised a plan. Then, two mid-to-late Foundation Establishment cultivators led their men to block off key intersections, while Kuai Wuliang, a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, personally led his men to the Sword Spirit Garden to check the situation.

When he arrived at the Sword Spirit Garden and saw the huge crater on the ground, his vision went black. As the one who had personally brought Fang Jingxuan back, and combining that with the little bit of inside information he knew, he immediately connected all the dots.

He was the one who brought Fang Jingxuan back to meet Kuai Tong back then. Although he was not allowed to take over the business afterward and it was handed over to Si Teng, he had not forgotten about it.

"Fang Jingxuan, how dare you! I will kill you!"

Accompanied by Kuai Wuliang's powerless and furious roar, a Kuai family disciple in the distance inexplicably trembled. He turned to look in the direction of the Sword Spirit Garden before continuing his search and capture work diligently.

(End of this chapter)