Fangxian Heretical Path

Chapter 292 White Bone Relic
After a while, Fang Shu came to his senses and immediately began to take stock of his gains in the secret realm with great enthusiasm.

It took him a full three hours to finish counting all his spoils.

After all this, his expression didn't calm down; instead, his eyes shone brightly, and he was overjoyed.

The reason is simple.

This trip to the secret realm alone yielded over 20,000 taels of low-grade spirit stones and nearly 300 taels of mid-grade spirit stones.

These amounts combined amount to a staggering fifty thousand taels.

Furthermore, mid-grade spirit stones are valuable items that only Foundation Establishment Immortals can trade and use; Qi Refining Immortals find it difficult to exchange them and would only receive them as rewards.

Aside from the pure spirit stones, the other miscellaneous gains in the secret realm, based on Fang Shu's keen eye, were roughly worth around 30,000 low-grade spirit stones.

If we sell in batches, it will take ten years of effort. By waiting for prices to drop and doing it slowly, we can still earn a few thousand more taels on top of the 30,000 taels, bringing the total to a staggering 35,000 taels!
However, Fang Shu did not plan to sell these miscellaneous items in batches. He planned to wait until the next time he went to the Jin family's treasure hall and sell them all at once, so that the other party could collect the total and exchange them for 30,000 spirit stones.

After all, he is about to establish his foundation, and low-grade spirit stones will be secondary to him. These trivial matters are not worth spending too much time on, so as not to delay important matters.

Compared to a few spirit stones, what he values ​​more is quickly exchanging them for the spiritual resources he needs to establish his foundation!
With a whoosh, Fang Shu took out several storage bags that he didn't intend to keep, and then put the spiritual resources that he had sorted out into them separately. He then used a living seed bag to store the spirit stones.

Even after collecting all these things, his cave was still completely full, with a large area of ​​stuff spread out on the floor.

There were ores, herbs, and all sorts of ferocious beast skeletons, especially some good things he had taken from the pockets of the Er family patriarch and his master, the Dragon Maiden.

Fang Shu doesn't plan to sell these things; he intends to use them himself. He estimates they will be enough to support his needs for refining Gu and raising insects for several years, and may even be able to provide some of the necessary rituals for Foundation Establishment.

He surveyed the supplies, thinking to himself, "If these resources were converted into spirit stones, my gains this time would easily exceed 100,000 spirit stones!"

For a moment, he was deeply moved, and his eyes were filled with emotion.

One hundred thousand spirit stones—such an amount, even if it fell into the hands of a Foundation Establishment Immortal, would be a considerable fortune, worthy of being coveted.

Fang Shu couldn't help but recall the embarrassing scene when he was in Guling Town and became an apprentice with his second uncle.

Back then, even a few low-grade spirit stones would make the uncle and nephew feel uneasy. Now, less than half a year after their trip to the secret realm, Fang Shu has actually managed to collect 100,000 spirit stones, and they are even low-grade ones.

The twists and turns of life are truly wondrous.

With a sigh, Fang Shu's expression also became calm.

Although he was delighted, he did not let his mind wander.

It should be noted that the reason he was able to earn so much money this time was purely because he fought and died in the secret realm.

Leaving aside the dangers involved, the opportunity to travel to such a secret realm is unlikely to have a second chance in the history of the five sects of Lushan.

He must not assume that he will have such an opportunity again in the future just because he has become rich overnight!
Fang Shu sat cross-legged and calmed himself down.

Immediately, his eyes flickered, and he suddenly took out several stone tablets and an irregularly shaped bone bead from the living seed bag.

The former was the array stone tablet that the Er family ancestor brought into the secret realm to restrain the Dragon Master.

The material of this object is of exceptional quality; one can immediately tell that it is made of foundational material and that it was crafted with great care and effort to create a matching array.

Fang Shu pondered it for a few more moments and found that although his understanding of the item had improved compared to when he first obtained it, it was, after all, a Foundation Establishment item. If he wanted to master and refine it, he had to reach the Foundation Establishment stage himself first.

Or perhaps he possesses a large amount of dragon energy, which can enhance the power of Daoist talismans and accelerate the analysis of this object.

However, this item is not very important at the moment, and it is not worth going through such a lot of trouble. It is not too late to refine and use it after we have established our foundation.

Fang Shu glanced at it a few more times before turning his gaze back to the bone bead.

It slowly probed into the divine consciousness and drilled into the bone bead.

Boom!

One after another, secret characters suddenly appeared in his mind, densely packed and endless. Even though Fang Shu possessed Dao talismans, he was still stunned for several breaths.

He quickly closed his eyes slightly to calm himself down.

A full quarter of an hour later, he opened his eyes with a pleased expression and uttered a single word:
"White bone relics".

For a moment, Fang Shu felt a strong urge to stand up and laugh heartily.

This bead is the very item that Hui Yi obtained in the secret realm. Compared to the tangible object, the white bone arm, this one actually contains the wondrous techniques he inherited.

This wondrous method is called the "White Bone True Embryo Dao Soldier Refining Method".

According to this method, one can collect the corpses of living beings, fuse their blood into flesh, and lock their cultivation as much as possible into their bones, transforming them into white bone soldiers.

From refining essence to refining qi, and then to foundation building, this method can refine a Nine Tribulations White Bone Dao Weapon, with distinct levels and clear steps.

In particular, if a Nine Tribulation White Bone Dao Weapon is successfully refined, it can devour other refined Dao Weapons, and there is a considerable chance that it can be combined to form a quasi-Ten Tribulation White Bone Dao Weapon, which is called "White Bone True Embryo".

Besides possessing magical power comparable to a True Immortal who has completed ten tribulations, this substance can also be extracted and refined by the refiner and incorporated into their own body, becoming part of their own skeleton.

This could either allow the cultivator to break through to the Quasi-Ten Tribulations level, or allow them to survive even when severely injured and on the verge of death, their physical body to turn to bones, thus protecting future generations.

Fang Shu pondered this secret method and immediately thought: "In that case, the piece of white bone arm that Hui Yi obtained is very likely the arm of a quasi-tenth tribulation white bone true embryo?"

No wonder when he fought with it, he discovered that the skeletal arm was even more powerful than the Nine Tribulations White Sword!
The thought of missing out on such a wonderful item was so painful that Fang Shu would be deceiving himself if he said he didn't feel regret.

In an instant, his murderous intent towards Huiyi's dead master arose even more intensely, and he firmly remembered this matter.

However, Fang Shu felt a slight sense of relief as he held the white bone relic in his hand.

When he left the secret realm, he had already anticipated that he would likely lose all the good stuff. Therefore, he planned to forcibly break off a few bones from the skeletal arm to use as a consecration tool for refining new nail-headed arrows.

As it turned out, the skeletal arm was indeed very tough and could not be broken off by him.

So, despite his dizziness, he rubbed against Hui Yi's bones and found the bone bead at the base of the other's arm. He realized that only this bone bead could be removed, so he put it into his pocket without hesitation.

Now that we have the bone bead, and it contains such a wonderful method, it's not bad at all.

Fang Shu lowered his head, squinted at the bone bead, and thought to himself, "Aside from the magic technique of this white bone Dao soldier, since this thing is called white bone relic, its material must also be extraordinary. It is probably also a true embryo material of the quasi-tenth tribulation."

Perhaps in the future, this bead can be used to refine a flying sword pellet, named the White Bone Flying Sword!

His heart stirred, but he was also worried that the bone bead might reveal something and cause trouble.

Fang Shu made a tough decision and immediately used the Dao Talisman to fiercely absorb the divine thoughts within the bone bead. He continuously studied and comprehended it, completely wearing down the number of times he could comprehend the relic, erasing the secret text, and turning it into a pure white bone bead.

Then he used his own true energy to nurture it several times, dispelling any impurities, before finally putting it into his possession.

Next, Fang Shu took out the Peach Blossom Smoke Clouds he had exchanged with the Jade-Faced Earth Immortal from the Leather-Flesh Hermitage and started teasing him on the spot.

Just as the immortal of the Skin and Flesh Hermitage said, this thing, even without having been refined, could be controlled by him, a Qi Refining Immortal, which is quite mysterious.

Fang Shu used the Golden Nitrate Cloud Technique he had learned to control this peach blossom cloud, and found that it came and went freely, as if controlled by an arm, and was even slightly better than the Golden Nitrate Cloud itself.

In a short time.

He manipulated the white and pink peach blossom cloud, making it gather and disperse within the cave, coming and going, having a great time.

If he were in the secret realm, he could possess this cloud of smoke, making it easy for him to come and go, and who knows, he might even be able to amass a few more large sums of resources and great inheritances.

at last.

After his playful antics were over, Fang Shu finally calmed down and carefully put the peach blossom mist into his sleeve.

He strolled through the empty cave, his face serene and full of confidence.

With so many gains and so many ingenious techniques, his success rate in foundation building must be a perfect 100%!
Otherwise, we would not only be letting down these resources, but we would also likely find it difficult to preserve them.

quickly.

Fang Shu smiled again, perking up.

He realized that besides what was in his own pocket, he had another major gain.

That was fifteen merit points obtained by exchanging fifteen thousand-year-old spiritual herbs.

Merit can be exchanged for Foundation Establishment resources and Foundation Establishment techniques within the temple, and can also be passed on to relatives and friends, making it extremely rare.

Fang Shu's heart stirred, and without further hesitation, he fled from the cave and headed towards the medicine hall and scripture hall inside the temple.

Let him see just how much good stuff he can possibly have in his stomach!
(End of this chapter)