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Chapter 109: Contact
Chapter 109: Contact
"The rebels have a penchant for attacking cultivation bases, raiding Spirit Nurture chambers, and abducting infants for their own cultivation..."
"On top of that, they might even be secretly building an army of clones..."
"No wonder the Federation is so strict about the chambers. It seems I won't be able to obtain one through official means..."
Several days later.
Fang Xing sat with his legs crossed, his mind calm and serene as he recalled the myriad pieces of information he had gathered.
"I'll need to devise a long-term plan for the cultivation chamber... In the meantime, I can work on leveling up my proficiency in the 'Heavenly Mother Weide Golden Lotus Twin Dharma Protectors Manual.' After all, if I want a true doppelganger, this is the key."
Over the past few days, he had been diligently studying this dharma, and now he had thoroughly comprehended it and was ready to begin his cultivation.
With a solemn expression, Fang Xing focused his mind on his Niwan Palace, and within his sea of consciousness, he silently visualized a ferocious figure with a bovine head and eight arms—the mighty 'Great Vajra Ox-Headed Wisdom King'! This Wisdom King, with the head of an ox and the body of a man, held a dharma artifact in each of its arms, standing atop a cloud of white skeletal remains.
"Envision the Great Vajra Ox-Headed Wisdom King as your authentic self, and then envision the 'Heavenly Mother, Radiant Consort.' This is a reflection of your own consciousness, akin to a mirrored image, and it embodies the principle of utilizing the illusory to cultivate the genuine!"
Fang Xing concentrated, trying to manifest the Luminous Empress, but he found that it eluded him.
Attempt after attempt ended in failure. He thought some more, and within his sea of consciousness, the Great Vajra Ox-Headed Wisdom King began to chant the 'Mahavairocana Buddha Mantra'!
A brilliant sun emerged from his sea of consciousness, hovering above the ox-headed Vidyaraja's head.
With the aid of this sun's reflection, a feminine figure exuding a maternal aura gradually took shape in the arms of the Great Vajra Ox-Headed Wisdom King.
– The Heavenly Empress!
"This method... is truly marvelous."
"While Wanfa Shangren could also perform the art of external incarnation, it required him to split his spiritual source, which not only carried risks but also resulted in the divided spirit being unable to constantly share cognition with the true self, leaving room for rebellious thoughts..."
"The 'Great Vajra Twin Dharma Protectors' crafted by the Heavenly Mother are different. They are a reflection of my own heart, and we are in perfect harmony. Even if the doppelganger succeeds in stealing my body, it can still remain in constant harmony with my true self, sharing thoughts... There's no risk of rebellion."
"However, while the 'Heavenly Mother Weide Golden Lotus Twin Dharma Protectors Manual' is indeed useful, it has hidden requirements... Must the proficiency level be based on the Mahavairocana Buddha Mantra and not exceed its tier?"
Fang Xing glanced at his attributes panel:
[Heavenly Mother Weide Golden Lotus Twin Dharma Protectors Manual: 3/100 (Introductory)]
...
Splendid Jiang Province.
Gu Family Villa.
"I've imparted all the key points of the Ghost God Sword, especially the essence of fighting evil spirits. Now it's up to you to digest and master it..."
Fang Xing looked at the pumpkin-headed, training-clad, and ever-so-adorable Gu Yun, who was sitting across from him. "With your current realm, you should have no problem getting into a second-rate university, and there's even a chance to aim for a first-rate one..."
Gu Yun was already a university seed, and now that she had perfected the second realm, she could advance to the third realm of martial arts at any time.
With further improvement in actual combat, her future university entrance would be assured.
"I understand... Thank you."
Gu Yun whispered her gratitude. She was not ungrateful.
Nowadays, if Fang Xing were to offer private tutoring, his fees would probably be only slightly lower than Summer Dragon's, if at all.
Alas... he was determined to focus on his university entrance exams.
He had even stopped attending school but still took the time to tutor her.
This was a true act of kindness!
But Gu Yun didn't know that Fang Xing was just repaying her for something that had happened before.
After practicing the Ghost God Sword, Fang Xing sat down with Gu Yun at a nearby wicker table and chair set to enjoy some tea.
"Last time you mentioned that something interesting had been discovered in the black market—some kind of alien energy blocks. What came of that?"
After chatting for a while, Fang Xing casually steered the conversation toward this topic.
After all, those few lower-grade spirit stones had been intentionally planted by him.
"Shouldn't you be the one who knows best?"
Gu Yun gave Fang Xing a curious look. "After that incident, the Giant God Group took over..."
Back then, when Fang Xing had a private car to pick him up from school, it had caused quite a stir.
His classmates spread all sorts of rumors, from being kept by a rich old lady to his long-lost parents showing up, inheriting a large sum of money from a relative he had never met, and more.
Later, the school stepped in and had the teachers dispel the rumors, and that was when they found out that Fang Xing was in the process of signing a contract with the Giant God Group.
And from the fact that Lanfei hadn't left, it seemed the contract had been signed.
The Giant God Group was an energy giant, and they were naturally very interested in these exotic energy blocks.
"Oh, I don't pay attention to those things..."
Fang Xing picked up his teacup, sensing that there was something to those lower-grade spirit stones.
However, truly understanding them would likely be a long and arduous process, as they were objects from another world.
'But are they really from another world...? Perhaps the cultivation world is just a strange planet within the vast universe, yet to be discovered?'
However, Fang Xing still leaned towards the belief that the cultivation world and the universe where the Blue Star Federation resided were two separate entities!
The universe was boundless and seemingly endless.
And the cultivation world had a terrifyingly vast landmass as well; some experiments designed to prove the structure of the planet had gone awry, and the popular legend of ascension in the cultivation world led Fang Xing to believe that it was incredibly vast, perhaps not even inferior to the main universe.
"Young Master Fang, thank you for visiting little Yun. Have some refreshments..."
At that moment, a woman with a gentle demeanor and an attractive appearance, who looked only to be in her twenties, approached with a plate of crystal-like snacks in hand.
"Let me introduce you to my mother..."
Gu Yun said expressionlessly.
"Nice to meet you, Auntie," Fang Xing replied, rising to his feet. He recalled the silhouette he had seen a few times before, which indeed matched that of the woman before him.
'Gu Yun is quite lucky to have such a gentle and beautiful mother...'
He couldn't help but feel a sense of emotion.
...
Half an hour later.
Fang Xing walked out of the magnificent Jiang Mansion with a mouthful of crystal cake, taking his time.
Gu Yun's mother turned out to have a pretty pleasant personality, although she tended to be a bit chatty and long-winded, even bringing up the topic of boyfriends and girlfriends.
In the Federation, the legal age of adulthood was eighteen, and one could get married after reaching that age.
However, the marriage rate had been declining as civilization progressed.
Nowadays, many men and women responded to the Federation's call to donate their genes and then indulged in a carefree lifestyle.
As for offspring?
That was left to fate and the Federation's random matching system.
Of course, there were also some who couldn't accept this idea and belonged to more conservative natural-birth families.
Gu Yun's family seemed to be one of them.
"If I stayed any longer, it might turn into a discussion about marriage... Gu Yun is still a few years away from adulthood. This is getting too hasty."
He swallowed the crystal cake in one mouthful and disappeared into the darkness.
When he reappeared, he had transformed into an ordinary-looking middle-aged man, making his way toward the black market.
...
In a ruined shack.
A woman with messy hair that resembled a bird's nest, deep eye sockets, and heavy dark circles looked up at Fang Xing and asked, "Who are you?"
"A liaison!"
Fang Xing casually threw a bag of gold onto the table. "I heard that you have the contact information for all sorts of people, including followers of the Evil God and rebels?"
"Hehe... You're joking, sir."
The woman with the smoky makeup began to carefully inspect the purity of the gold, then continued, "We at 'Wan Shi Hut' are just earning an honest living by providing a convenient means of communication."
"Cut the chatter. I need you to leave a line of contact information at a specific time and place..."
Fang Xing stated his request.
Neither he nor Liu Wei was the type to completely expose their secrets to outsiders.
Therefore, making contact would be quite troublesome.
Perhaps only when both parties were on the call would Liu Wei realize that it was Fang Xing who was trying to reach him.
"A common third-party method. With this much gold, it's a deal!"
The woman smiled, revealing her blackened teeth.
After Fang Xing left, she immediately took out a detector and scanned the surrounding area. "No traces of any devices left behind..."
She waited for a moment before finally making a call.
"Uya, what's the matter?"
A one-eyed middle-aged man appeared on the screen.
He exuded a fierce aura, and one of his eyes was covered by a black eye patch for reasons unknown.
This was quite unusual in the interstellar age.
Not to mention bionic eyes, he could have at least replaced it with a mechanical prosthetic eye.
"Someone is looking for our rebel army..."
Uya relayed everything about Fang Xing.
On the surface, she was just a small-time intelligence merchant, but in reality, she was a covert operative for the rebel army.
Any information involving the rebel army would be immediately reported.
"Could it be... related to the big plan we're preparing to carry out in Yuanyucheng?"
The one-eyed man's expression turned dangerous. "Follow his request and gather some information from both sides..."
"Yes..."
Uya bowed and then continued to report on other matters.
As the two conversed, they were unaware that a 'Heavenly Mother Mingfei' statue was quietly listening by their side.
In the distance, amidst the ruins of a wrecked spacecraft.
Fang Xing sat with his legs crossed. Everything that had transpired with Uya was clearly reflected before him.
"Although I have not yet cultivated the 'Great Vajra Twin Dharma Protectors' to completion, the Heavenly Mother Mingfei has already emerged from my visualization, and she can serve as a protective deity to gather information..."
Due to the nature of his cultivation technique, whatever the Heavenly Mother Mingfei saw was also seen by him.
Even if it was damaged or destroyed, it would only affect a projection of his will, and he could easily condense another one.
Of course, the most crucial aspect... was that it was completely detached from technological products, relying purely on spiritual probing, which could bypass many monitoring and detection instruments.
Furthermore, it possessed the ability to pass through walls and spy on private matters.
In other words, Fang Xing's soul had temporarily left his body, and he was using his spiritual form to gather information.
In the interstellar age, this would actually become a blind spot for many.
"The rebel army is planning something big in Yuanyucheng?"
As he silently organized the intelligence he had gathered, a thoughtful expression appeared on Fang Xing's face. "Looks like I'll have to spend the last semester in Yuanyucheng..."
Fortunately, he had already applied for a leave of absence, and he only needed to show up for the college entrance exams.
With the protective deity he had just cultivated, Fang Xing was confident that he could thoroughly investigate every corner of Yuanyucheng.
When the time came, taking advantage of the chaos to obtain a cultivation chamber wouldn't be a significant problem.
(End of Chapter)
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