Chapter 576: Invasion
Chapter 576: Invasion
For the people of Poison Dragon Slope, each day was almost identical to the last.
Even many were unaware of the secret departure of their top martial artist, 'Iron Luohan'.
Fang Xing's life was even simpler. He cultivated for several hours each day, then prepared delicious meals for himself before continuing to tend to his plants.
The Three Sacred Oaks and the Green Spirit Bamboo were both spiritual plants, but they provided little experience now.
After all, their size wasn't too impressive, and their age wasn't that high either.
However, in the later stages, as the snowball effect kicked in, the numbers would become quite scary.
...
One day, at night.
On the bamboo bed, Fang Xing sat cross-legged, his hands forming various hand seals.
"Swift!"
Suddenly...
Streams of green light flowed into various parts of his body, causing his innate force to become more restrained.
A trace of killing intent was hidden, causing his aura to drop to the level of a fifth or sixth Sense Qi layer practitioner.
"The Concealment Technique is just an auxiliary spell... With a bit of effort, I've already mastered the basics."
Fang Xing glanced at his attribute panel:
【Concealment Technique (Basic 5/100)】
"At the basic level, the Concealment Technique can only hide one or two layers of cultivation. At the proficient stage, it can conceal four or five layers. When mastered, one can disguise themselves as an ordinary person, and even those with the Sense Qi realm won't be able to detect any flaws... There's a chance to deceive even those at the Master level."
"I can't ask for too much, after all, it's just a basic technique..."
"Furthermore, after reaching the Master level, I can integrate and innovate it."
As Fang Xing was pondering, his expression suddenly changed, "Oh? Someone's really daring?"
His throat moved, emitting a hissing sound.
Outside the room, a bamboo leaf green snake slithered and weaved its way to a pile of rubble.
Hiss!
In the darkness, two enormous vertical pupils suddenly opened, and a several-zhang-long pitch-black giant python slithered out.
After another molting, this black snake should now be called a black python, and it had cultivated a mouthful of deadly killing intent. Once it sprayed, even a seventh-layer Sense Qi expert wouldn't dare to block it head-on.
It spat out its tongue, touching the bamboo leaf green snake, then flipped over and disappeared into the bamboo shadows...
...
Outside the bamboo forest.
A figure stood silently, scanning the East Peak and then glancing at the West Slope bamboo forest, "I heard that Poison Dragon Slope has the best spiritual plant cultivator... I'll check it out today. I'll try to invite him first, and if he doesn't agree, I'll just kill him..."
His figure turned into a cloud of smoke and descended into the bamboo forest.
Suddenly!
A massive dark shadow descended from the sky!
"That's that venomous snake?!"
The figure's hand moved, and a small golden shield appeared.
Even so, his entire body was still hit like a cannonball and smashed into a rock.
If it weren't for the layer of killing intent protecting his body, he might have been directly crippled.
"What a beast!"
The figure, having suffered a loss, cursed angrily. A wine gourd appeared in his left hand, and he threw it into the air.
With a palm strike, a wave of killing intent shot out and shattered the gourd.
Sizzle!
A strong aroma of realgar wine spread out.
This wasn't just ordinary spiritual wine; it also contained spiritual medicine.
With a nudge from the killing intent, it instantly turned into a cloud of reddish-yellow vapor.
The black snake fell into the cloud, and its muscles immediately relaxed, as if even its scales had become lazy.
"Hmph, if I knew there was a venomous snake guarding Poison Dragon Slope... how could I not be prepared?"
In the moonlight, the figure revealed an aged face.
Just as he was about to continue his attack, he suddenly felt a chill on his feet.
"What is this?"
Startled, the old man discovered that the ground had suddenly become covered with a thick layer of white ants. These ants were extremely vicious, and even when they saw their own kind being killed by the protective killing intent, they continued to swarm forward relentlessly, constantly spitting out thin strands of cold mist from their two saw-like teeth.
This mist merged with the killing intent, and they seemed to dissipate each other.
The remaining white ants rushed forward, piercing through the golden shield and biting into the killing intent, creating holes. They then crawled into the old man's legs, and in an instant, they had bitten him all over...
"What kind of venomous insect is this?"
The old man was terrified. He was a decisive person, and a dagger appeared in his hand.
Sizzle!
A flash of blood, and his legs were severed at the thighs.
He raised his hand and struck out with a palm, using the force of the strike to retreat continuously.
In terms of decisiveness, he was quite a character.
But in the next moment, a tiger suddenly appeared in his path of retreat!
It was like a tiger lying on a barren hill, its claws and fangs biding their time!
Whoosh! A claw light flashed, and a snake-shaped wave of killing intent directly tore open the old man's chest.
"Me?!"
Before the old man could even speak, his head was smashed by Fang Xing's tiger claw.
"Villains in stories always die from talking too much, so I usually kill first and talk later..."
Fang Xing maintained his tiger-like form, silently sensing the changes in his body, "Hmm? The cultivation path in this world is different from that of the Druids, but after using the Mountain Lord Transformation, I can still use innate force? Now that's interesting..."
He opened his mouth wide, and the strange aura surrounding the Mountain Lord rushed forward, pulling out a blurry figure from the old man's corpse.
In terms of form, it was very similar to the old man!
"Vengeful Spirit!"
A smile appeared on Fang Xing's face, "With this Mountain Lord form, I finally have a subordinate... Who are you?"
Why did you come to stab me?"
"I..."
The old man's soul felt a sense of confusion and helplessness, unable to resist Fang Xing's command. He could only open his mouth and say, "I am the leader of the Seven Righteously of the Song Family - Song Zhong. I received intelligence that Iron Luo the Recluse has been trapped in the Mang Mountain mission, so I came here specifically to kidnap the husband of the Poison Dragon Slope or kill him..."
Song Zhong answered every question asked of him.
"The leader of the Seven Righteously of the Song Family?"
Not a word was missed from the first to the sixth question.
Fang Xing examined him again and vaguely remembered that he seemed to have seen this person during the oath at the Divine Altar years ago.
But at that time, the other party was full of vigor, while now he looked extremely old, as if life had bent his back like that of an ox or horse. Fang Xing was surprised that he didn't recognize him immediately.
However, he had already guessed the family, so he wasn't too surprised.
"Then how did you get this information?"
"The Fei Family, Fei Wu!"
Song Zhong replied woodenly.
Fang Xing asked a few more questions before transforming back into his human form. He stroked his chin and said, "This is interesting... Perhaps this time, the Fei Family's struggle for the position of the family head is a setup..."
...
Months later.
Iron Luo the Recluse returned to Poison Dragon Slope, covered in wounds, which even startled Fang Xing. He went to visit and gave him many healing fruits.
On the other side, everything at Green Water Bay seemed as usual, as if nothing had happened.
It appeared that the other six Righteously had concealed the news of Song Zhong's death.
Fang Xing was content to keep a low profile and wouldn't take the initiative to admit that he had killed someone.
Thus, Qingli Marsh once again mysteriously returned to peace.
Soon, the Fei Family chose a new family head, and it wasn't Fei Shentong, who had the highest reputation, but Fei Cai, the manager of the medicine garden!
For a moment, everyone at Poison Dragon Slope was overjoyed, anticipating a brighter future.
In a daze, another five years passed by in a flash.
...
"No! I won't marry!"
The girl's stubborn voice echoed through the thousand-acre bamboo forest.
Song Yunyun had now grown into a pitiful little beauty. She wore a snow-white skirt, and her teary eyes could move even the hardest of hearts.
Unfortunately, Fang Xing, who stood before her, remained expressionless, wearing a beast skin robe, examining a green spirit bamboo in front of him.
'Five years... The bamboo forest has expanded to a thousand acres, and now I can feel that even without cultivation, my Druid experience increases significantly every day...'
Fang Xing caressed the bamboo before turning around, looking at the girl with a hint of helplessness:
"Yunyun, if you don't want to marry, you should tell your mother, not me."
"Uncle Fang, please go and talk to my mother," Song Yunyun pleaded, not giving up. "I won't marry into the Fei Family."
On the surface, Fang Xing had a regular relationship with Song Yunyun's mother, Song Yunqian. The fact that Song Yunyun had come to him showed how desperate she was.
"You... Do you know fear now?" Fang Xing looked at Song Yunyun with a hint of frustration. "The recruitment of disciples at Qingmu Peak earlier this year was a great opportunity. You went, but you weren't chosen..."
Song Yunyun cried, "I didn't want this either. Usually, they aren't this strict. Who knew that this time, they not only required sensing Qi at the fourth level but also had a more rigorous assessment of skills..."
Fang Xing looked at Song Yunyun, sensing that she was still at the third level of Qi sensing. He was speechless: "Although the initial to middle stage of Qi sensing is considered a small bottleneck... But you've been stuck at the third level for five years..."
Song Yunqian had been pushing her daughter hard, and it seemed to have backfired, causing her to rebel.
Unfortunately, Song Yunyun had forgotten that if her own strength wasn't sufficient, her mother would try to find a powerful husband's family to compensate.
Moreover, there seemed to be another hidden story this time...
After sending Song Yunyun away, Fang Xing saw Old Mr. Lu approaching.
"That girl left?"
"Yes..."
Fang Xing looked at Old Mr. Lu: "Is it your joint decision for Yunyun to marry into the Fei Family?"
"Yes... For the sake of Poison Dragon Slope's foundation, no one can be spared."
Old Mr. Lu looked even more aged, coughing a few times: "Cough, cough... After all, the ten-year period is up. According to the previous agreement, we must pay a certain amount of talisman money every year, or we'll have to contribute in other ways... Even though Fei Cai is now the head of the Fei Family, he must show his attitude and express his respect!"
His words carried a sense of desolation.
"Haha, Old Mr. Lu, why aren't you pretending anymore?"
Fang Xing's face showed a smile of interest. Previously, the Five Friends of Floating Clouds had been the most cautious of him.
"We're not pretending anymore... To be honest, my second brother was severely injured at the root, and although he barely survived, his cultivation has declined... He's no longer at the later stage of Qi sensing."
Old Mr. Lu suddenly cursed, "I've finally seen through it... The Fei Family is like a beast that devours people without spitting out the bones. They want to swallow up all five of our pioneer families... You've seen the situation at Green Water Bay, and now we must unite to overcome this challenge."
The death of the Song Family's leader at Green Water Bay was finally exposed.
However, before Poison Dragon Slope and the nearby White Bone Alliance could take action, the Fei Family forcefully took over under the pretext of survival, taking away most of the profits from raising spirit beasts, although they didn't drive out the Song Family.
(End of Chapter)
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