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Boom!
As the last ray of azure light fell, Shang Yuanxin passed through nine levels of inner thunder, completely achieving the status of a Nascent Soul cultivator.
He let out an excited roar, and with a sweep of his divine sense, he didn't even have time to go into seclusion to consolidate his cultivation. He immediately rode beams of light to the location of Fang Qing and the others. "Greetings, Ancestor, Alliance Leader, and this Senior Fang!"
Although he has now achieved the Nascent Soul stage, he knows that he is merely a Nascent Soul early stage cultivator, while the three people in front of him are at least Great Cultivators, and are also his seniors and ancestors. Naturally, he dares not be negligent in the slightest.
As for Fang Qing? Although his appearance is different from Fang Shui's, his magical power fluctuations cannot be faked if he doesn't want to hide it.
"Not bad, you've achieved the Nascent Soul stage, which fulfills a long-held wish. Very good." Fang Qing smiled slightly, offering a word of encouragement, then said to Zhan Hongxiu, "Young friend Zhan, please."
Zhan Hongxiu had invited him for private matters, so naturally she wouldn't discuss it in public. She immediately nodded, and two streaks of light flew into the sky, disappearing in a few flashes.
"Ancestor, Senior Fang..." Shang Yuanxin looked at the Shang family patriarch, seemingly wanting to say something but hesitating.
"Senior Fang's aura is so faint that even my divine sense couldn't detect his presence unless he deliberately released it. I'm afraid he has already reached the Nascent Soul stage." The Shang family patriarch said with envy and a hint of regret in his eyes.
"Transformation into a Nascent Soul?!" Shang Yuanxin almost suffocated. He had already achieved the Nascent Soul stage and had no regrets in this life. He did not place any hope on breaking through to the Transformation into a Nascent Soul stage in the future.
Unexpectedly, this great cultivator who had formed a bond with his family in his early years broke through the insurmountable barrier that no cultivator in the East Sea cultivation world had ever broken through in the past ten thousand years!
"Just look at how Alliance Leader Zhan treats that senior, and you'll know!"
The old merchant patriarch laughed and said, "You are a blessed person to have this friendship with that senior. My merchant family will surely prosper for another thousand years!"
"That's right, exactly!" Shang Yuanxin understood the entrustment in his ancestor's words, and his heart surged with even greater excitement.
Knowing that even if other young masters of merchant families successfully achieve Nascent Soul stage, their own family's future leadership of the merchant family is assured.
And all of this was brought about by that senior!
Whizzing!
Two streaks of light flashed across the sky. Fang Qing sensed that Zhan Hongxiu was secretly manipulating the escape light to test his escape speed. He couldn't help but smile slightly, and a wisp of lightning-based magic spread out, making his body seem to transform into a bolt of lightning.
'Lightning Release?' No, this is even more terrifying than lightning release. This Senior Fang, wasn't he previously a water element cultivator? And later he possessed astonishing swordsmanship. I wonder when he mastered such a formidable lightning technique?
Despite using her secret techniques several times, Zhan Hongxiu still couldn't catch up. Continuing like this would inevitably burn her life force, so she consciously slowed down her escape speed, muttering to herself, "Old Turtle, it seems I am ultimately inferior to those legendary great cultivators. Just like last time, if it weren't for your help, I would have been killed by the Divine Carp Palace Master. If I were facing this one, it would be even worse; I'm afraid I wouldn't even be able to escape?"
"Little Hong, don't be discouraged. Among the Dao disciples of Zhou Tian Star Palace, you are considered quite good. You were able to rival a great cultivator when you were in the mid-Nascent Soul stage. When you reach the late Nascent Soul stage in the future, you will definitely have the combat power of a legendary great cultivator. But you must know that even the Dao disciples in the history of Zhou Tian Star Palace, after reaching the late Nascent Soul stage and becoming legendary great cultivators, could only barely contend with a Nascent Soul Venerable and barely escape from the pursuit of the Nascent Soul Venerable. Without becoming a Nascent Soul Venerable, you are just an ant."
"Yes, without reaching the Nascent Soul stage, one is ultimately just an ant! I wonder if this senior would be willing to help me one more time."
Zhan Hongxiu felt uneasy and followed Fang Qing to a deserted island.
This deserted island is uninhabited, with only some birds and animals roaming among the pine-covered forest.
Fang Qing arrived at a place halfway up the mountain and landed under an ancient pine tree, looking at the Alliance Leader Zhan Hongxiu who was walking gracefully behind him!
"Who could have imagined that Xiao Huanhai, a mere rogue cultivator, would one day rule the entire cultivation world of the East Sea?"
He smiled slightly.
"Outsiders probably can't even imagine that Xiao Zhenhai not only produced me, but also this senior, a Nascent Soul Venerable, breaking the curse of no Nascent Soul cultivators in the East Sea for ten thousand years."
Zhan Hongxiu flattered her.
She has confirmed that Fang Qing has indeed achieved the Dao Transformation and can be considered the number one cultivator in the current cultivation world.
And thinking of the care and help they had given him over the years, I felt a secret sense of gratitude.
"Hehe... Even so, there are conditions for me to help you break through to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm," Fang Qing said with a light laugh.
"Please speak." Zhan Hongxiu was quite used to this. There is no love or hate without a reason in the world. If the other party agreed immediately, she would become suspicious.
"Help me investigate the life of a cultivator... I need every single detail." Fang Qing's expression turned solemn. "I need your full effort, and the entire Myriad Star Alliance's power!"
"I wonder... which cultivator it is?" Zhan Hongxiu's expression suddenly became extremely solemn.
"Mysterious Heavenly God Venerable," Fang Qing said calmly.
"The founder of the Zhou Tian Xing Palace? An ancient person from more than 100,000 years ago?" Zhan Hongxiu blinked, finding it somewhat unbelievable.
Ten thousand years is an unimaginable span of time, even for Nascent Soul cultivators with a lifespan of a thousand years or Deity Transformation cultivators with a lifespan of two thousand years.
"I wonder why you care so much about this patriarch, senior?" Zhan Hongxiu thought for a moment before finally asking.
"Of course it will be useful... As for the details, I don't need to tell you."
Fang Qing smiled slightly. Ever since he learned that the Xuan Tian Divine Venerable was suspected to be a reincarnation of an outside cultivator, he had been extremely interested in this person. After all, he might even be a True Lord! A True Lord is the number one cause and effect in the world, and cannot be ignored.
"Oh, right, there's also a fifth-tier True Spirit named Feng Xi; we can check him out while we're at it..."
Fang Qing said, "I will be reading on Shangjia Island for the next few days... If you have any information, you can send it to Shangjia. After you finish this task, when you reach the peak of the mid-Nascent Soul stage, I will naturally lend you a hand..."
"Thank you, senior..." Zhan Hongxiu was overjoyed, but then she saw thunder roaring in front of her, and Fang Qing had already disappeared.
She stood there silently for a long time before asking in her heart, "Old Turtle...do you know anything about the Mysterious Heavenly God?!"
"That happened tens of thousands of years ago, and I don't know much more than you do."
Old Turtle sighed, "Fortunately, this person doesn't seem to mind. Let's go back immediately and take care of this matter..."
With such an informant here, Fang Qing wasn't worried at all that Zhan Hongxiu would cover up anything or shirk her duties.
Merchant Island.
Now that Fang Qing, a Nascent Soul cultivator, has condescended to be a guest, the entire Shang family naturally extends their utmost hospitality... Even Shang Yuanxin, who was in seclusion, is busy running around taking care of everything.
Fang Qing, however, didn't care. After enjoying the various forms of hospitality, he plunged into the merchant's closely guarded library and began examining ancient books...
Time flies... On the other side of Fuqi Dao, the great battle continues, with Dharma Kings and Purple Mansion True Persons from the Secret Realm falling one after another.
On the contrary, on the southeastern front, the offensive of the Yin Corpse Sect and the Demon Cloud Cliff slowed down, obviously because they were held back by Taihuangtian. However, even though the "Kitchen God" was a Golden Core True Lord and was hiding in Taihuangtian, he must have paid a huge price to deal with the two demonic Golden Core cultivators.
But on the Qi Refining Path side, all is peaceful and serene.
Since the Myriad Star Alliance came to power, the cultivation world of the East Sea has finally regained its long-lost peace. Many high-level cultivators have either gone into seclusion or gone on trips. With a group of Nascent Soul stage monsters no longer stirring up trouble, the cultivation world has naturally become calm.
The reason these old monsters were so well-behaved was naturally due to Zhan Hongxiu's strong suppression.
Moreover, they also knew that a new Nascent Soul cultivator had seemingly emerged in the East Sea cultivation world, and that he was in league with the Myriad Star Alliance. Therefore, whatever ambitions they might have, they had to keep them to themselves for now.
A gentle breeze was blowing.
The merchant's library shimmered with light, exuding an aura of scholarly elegance.
Fang Qing was dressed in a blue robe, his hair was simply tied up with an ebony hairpin, and he held an ancient book in his hand.
"Alas, cultivators rarely write historical records; there are only some private travelogues and accounts available."
"Even if merchants collect books, they mostly record the major powers, extraordinary skills, rare treasures, and so on... After all, Xuan Tian Shen Zun was a figure from 100,000 years ago, and there are still too few related records."
He sighed, put down the book in his hand, and then looked up at the sky, lost in thought.
Not long after, the void shattered, revealing a large, silvery-white bird.
This great bird is exceptionally magnificent; each feather seems to be crafted from pure silver, shimmering brilliantly in the sunlight.
More importantly, its aura had reached the fourth level, making it a transformed great demon. Its body was covered in a layer of silver light, with many phoenix script characters faintly weaving through it. It was actually a transformed great demon with the Void attribute!
That's truly rare...
The transformed demons with the Void attribute are just like human cultivators with the Void Spirit Root; they can roam the Great Void from birth, and their cultivation of various Void Divine Abilities is as if divinely aided.
Even late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators desire to raise such Void Beasts, but it is extremely rare, and few cultivators have achieved their wish.
Fang Qing scanned the area with his divine sense and naturally saw a beautiful figure on the back of the demon beast.
Zhan Hongxiu truly lives up to her reputation as a woman of destiny. Last time she lost a treasure of the Void, and this time she has contracted a Void-attribute demon beast.
"Hmm... her natal spirit beast, that Longevity Turtle, is probably already at the mid-fourth rank, right? Longevity Turtles have astonishing defenses, and this fourth-rank Longevity Turtle, with the guidance of its spirit, has cultivated ahead of time and mastered many great demon secret techniques, making its combat power extraordinary, especially in defense. If it reaches the high-fourth rank, it might be able to withstand several attacks from a Nascent Soul Venerable..."
"Senior, this is a record I have compiled about the Xuan Tian Divine Lord over the past few days."
With her red sleeves fluttering down, like a goddess descending to earth, she respectfully handed a jade slip to Fang Qing.
Fang Qing scanned the area with his divine sense and only saw some excerpts of a rough description: "Xuantian Divine Venerable, origins and name unknown. Rumored to be the direct descendant of a cultivation family, mature beyond his years. He is connected with the true spirit 'Wandering Kunpeng'."
He appeared to be carefully examining the jade slip, but in reality, he was communicating with the tortoise spirit through the Dao Sheng Pearl, and had seen all of Zhan Hongxiu's actions over the past few days.
"Hmm?" Just then, Fang Qing's gaze focused, locking onto a scene.
"This Zhan Hongxiu truly lives up to her reputation as a woman of destiny; when she personally takes action, she always manages to achieve something."
The woman stood before the enormous bookshelf, her hands forming a hand seal, and opened the bookshelf's protective barrier.
The books stored here naturally represent the heritage of Zhou Tian Xing Gong, Lei Yin Temple, and Shui Yue Gong.
She turned the pages of one ancient book after another, her gaze finally settling on a tattered page.
This fragment is said to be the handwriting of the Xuan Tian God, but unfortunately it has long been damaged and most of the writing is incomplete.
Yet it still carries immense weight.
Zhan Hongxiu's gaze swept over the tattered page, and she saw four large, bold characters written on the last page. Just one glance was enough to evoke a sense of regret and resentment: "Only lacking one 'shi' (士)?"