Cultivating Immortality in Two Realms

Chapter 228 Ming Meng

The land of the Eastern Waters.

The White Bone Daoist monks arrived, set up camp, and completely surrounded the Bai family's residence in Dongshui.

Inside the large tent.

Sangji Dharma King arranged for two Tara to take turns attacking the Bai family's Purple Mansion Grand Array to deplete its power, while he and Fang Qing lazed around in the tent. Fang Qing sat cross-legged, and several plum blossoms fell in his mind, transforming into divination symbols.

"An auspicious divination?"

"Sigh... Where is the good fortune? This divination is becoming increasingly inaccurate."

He sighed softly to himself.

If possible, Fang Qing certainly wouldn't want to get involved in such a deadly matter as the war between the two Golden Core sects.

Unfortunately, the previous investment was too large, and the sunk costs were too high.

Moreover, now that he possesses a high rank, even in a major battle at the Purple Mansion level, he can at least hide for a short while, enough to escape using the Dao Life Pearl. Therefore, the risk isn't too high. "This wretched place... wanting to cultivate to the Purple Mansion or Golden Core level in one go... is completely impossible."

"For now, we can only take it one step at a time and see what happens..."

Fang Qing calmed himself down, sat cross-legged silently, and reviewed a pill formula in his mind.

It is the mid-grade third-tier "Mysterious Star Waterfall Pill"!

This pill can help cultivators in the early stages of Core Formation break through to the middle stage, and it is not very difficult to refine.

As for the numerous third-tier spiritual herbs needed?

He already has some, and if Zhong Lingxiu buys some more from Yuanxin Market, they should be able to gather the rest.

"This pill is already a mid-grade third-tier medicine; it can't be faked with some kind of fire control technique..."

"The pills I need to take must be genuine, or even of the highest quality, the finest possible..."

"So it seems we still need to use water to refine pills, requiring a mid-grade or high-grade third-level spiritual spring?"

"Should we go back to the Lesser Universe Sea to refine it? Anyway, with my ability to travel through the void, it won't take much time..."

"Hmm, since it's a pill that changes one's realm, and it also belongs to the [Well Wood] category, it can be refined using the 'Wind and Rain' technique that I've comprehended... Fang Qing began to openly slack off on the battlefield, gradually becoming oblivious to everything else..."

The Bai family is located outside the Purple Mansion Formation.

The two Taras, each residing in their respective positions, manifested as the White Moonlight Dharma Form and the Sky Sparrow Dharma Form, transforming into two golden figures the size of mountains, surrounding the Bai family's residence. "Attack!"

"The White Bone Path has decreed that the White Family is an enemy of the Brahma and must be exterminated!"

Fang Wujiu, along with Tian Youliang and Le Mingxue, drove groups of local cultivators into the great formation of the Dongshui Bai family.

The grand formation roared into action, unleashing boundless radiance from the [Ji Shui] formation. Many cultivators vanished without a trace, leaving no trace of their bodies before they could even utter a scream… “This is the true meaning of ‘driving the people like ants, using troops like mud’…”

Fang Wujiu's hands trembled when he saw this.

"What are you waiting for? Keep going..."

"There are plenty of scoundrels around here; we should capture them all and throw them into this battle..."

Beside him, a soldier casually remarked.

For the past few days, they haven't been used as the vanguard to attack the Purple Mansion Formation and fill the pits; instead, they've been capturing cultivators in the surrounding area and throwing them into the formation. "This must be some kind of blood sacrifice technique..."

"Did you taint the foundation of the great formation with blood and qi?"

Fang Wujiu could only think in this direction, after all, the Secret Domain was highly efficient in utilizing human blood and bones.

In any case, driving the evil cultivators from the Hehuan region to their deaths is better than having them die themselves.

"This... The Bai family of Dongshui is known as the Purple Mansion Immortal Clan. These people were originally their subordinates, and there might even be families they married into. Why don't they save them?" Tian Youliang found this scene very difficult to understand.

"Heh heh... If we blend in among them and seize the opportunity to break the formation, how will the Bai family respond?"

"Moreover, who knows how long this siege will last? Are we going to rescue them and put them into the formation to feed them with our own spiritual resources?"

Even a mortal general, when faced with an enemy force driving civilians to attack a city, has only one word: "Kill!"

Fang Wujiu sneered and took the opportunity to educate his son: "When you travel in the cultivation world in the future, remember what happened today. Never be soft-hearted... Think more about your brother." Fang Shangxuan is much more composed now, and he carries a cold aura.

Thinking of his younger brother who died in the battle, his eyes grew even colder: "What were we fighting to the death for, after all?"

"Who knows..."

Fang Wujiu smiled bitterly and pointed to the next batch of prisoners who were about to die: "If the deaths of tens of thousands of lower cultivators can save some of the strength of a certain master or Dharma King when attacking the formation, that would be excellent." As for the lives of the lower cultivators? Naturally, no one cared.

"One day, my family will also produce a Purple Mansion, so that we won't be treated like ants!"

Fang Shangxuan gritted his teeth inwardly.

Just then, the formation in front suddenly changed.

A ring of water gushed forth, and surprisingly, several Bai family cultivators were among it: "Kill!"

One of the young men, his eyes reddening as he looked at a female cultivator in the prisoner's cell, cried out, "Qian'er, wait for me, I'm coming to rescue you!" "Hmm? Childhood sweethearts? To see this kind of thing again?"

Le Mingxue, now middle-aged, had long since become indifferent. He immediately raised his hand and cast a spell: "I'll save your grandma's legs!" A moment later.

White Bone Path Camp.

"Oh? The Bai family actually has cultivators fighting and captured prisoners?"

Such a trivial matter wouldn't bother Sangji, so it was naturally Fang Qing, the "Iron Man of Strength," who stepped in to handle it.

He stepped out of the tent and saw a group of cultivators escorting several members of the Bai family over, some of whom were cowering like quails.

Only one young man, though his face was covered in blood, still possessed an air of unyielding courage.

Among the cultivators escorting him, there were quite a few he knew.

"Oh? You're the ones who captured this person?"

Fang Qing smiled as soon as he saw Fang Wujiu.

"Praise be to the indestructible Vajra body, which powerfully breaks through the barriers of the three realms, and whose boundless light and great Dharma power..."

Fang Wujiu immediately bowed and prostrated himself in worship, a tactic he had learned from the monk Fayuan: "It is all thanks to your protection, Master Du, that we were able to win this battle..." "Hahaha, you're not bad, very good..."

Fang Qing nodded and then glanced at Fang Shangxuan, Le Mingxue, and Tian Youliang behind this person...

"If last time doesn't count, is this the first time the Fang family has truly climbed up to me?"

A thought struck him, and he waved his hand, saying, "You have all rendered great service and will be richly rewarded... You are from the Fang family of Qingli? The Fang family can exchange a 'Dao Foundation Pill' for each great merit recorded at Wusheng Temple... When your family produces a cultivator who has reached the Qi Refining stage, come to Wusheng Temple for seclusion."

At this point, a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator was simply beneath Fang Qing's notice.

He then looked at the captured Bai family cultivators: "Why did you come out to fight?"

"Naturally, it's to rescue Qian'er... Ji'er and I were childhood sweethearts, and after growing up, we got engaged and will be getting married soon..." The young man from the Bai family answered in a daze, and several members of the Bai family next to him added.

"Oh? Is that really so?"

Fang Qing was somewhat surprised and asked again, "What kind of cultivation method do you practice?"

"I am a direct descendant of the Bai family, so naturally I cultivate the 'Misty Transformation Scripture'! This is a Purple Mansion cultivation method. By consuming the seventh-grade 'Earthly Origin Mysterious Essence' and cultivating the foundation 'Long-lasting Sweet Rain,' I can expect to gain supernatural powers in the future!" the Bai family youth said proudly.

This scene stunned all the surrounding cultivators, except for Fang Wujiu and a few others who had witnessed it before. They simply knelt on the ground, trembling. "Hmm, you are destined to join my Brahma Path... Come to my tent first and memorize all the cultivation techniques."

Fang Qing suddenly smiled and said to the young man from the Bai family.

"yes!"

The young man from the Bai family immediately stepped forward obediently, as if it were only natural for him to do so...

"interesting!"

"Without the tacit approval of that True Immortal Bai Mu, would a mere youth who has just submitted dare to leave the Purple Mansion Formation? Could he even have done so?"

"But after asking several times, it was indeed the boy's own wish..."

"Heh heh, although it came from the heart, all parties were secretly cooperating, making it a flawless scheme..."

Half an hour later.

Holding the newly printed "Misty Transformation Scripture," Fang Qing felt something: "Misty refers to the hazy appearance of rain and mist, which is indeed the Purple Mansion cultivation method of Long-lasting Rain... Moreover, it is very complete all the way to the mastery of supernatural powers." This is even more wrong. Such a family would definitely not open the entire cultivation method to a cultivator who has mastered Qi in order to protect its foundation.

Only after cultivating to the late stage of the Dao Foundation can one obtain the method to refine supernatural powers.

"This is... a gift from the Bai family?"

"That's right, they know I want the [Ji Shui] Purple Mansion Technique. This is a silent understanding... If I do them a favor now, I can save face if they fall into my hands later. At least they have a chance to live..." "At least, if that young man from the Bai family shaves his head and enters the White Bone Path, and if this secret treasure wins a great victory, then at least he has a way to survive... Aristocratic families are best at playing this kind of trick of having multiple escape routes." Fang Qing didn't need to calculate; he understood everything.

"That Master Bai Mu seemed to be faking it before! He's not some rogue cultivator from the Purple Mansion realm; the Bai family of Dongshui is a Purple Mansion family, with generations of Purple Mansion cultivators. How could they not have accumulated one or two Purple Mansion magic treasures? But in our last encounter, he relied purely on his profound supernatural abilities and didn't use any Purple Mansion magic treasures... Clearly, he held back, stopping short of defeat. At least, he didn't go all out!" "Of course, if I were to conclude from this that his family is aligned with the White Bone Path, I would be making a grave mistake..."

"The powerful families are adept at adapting to changing circumstances. We only need to see how much weight the Bai family carries in the eyes of the Hehuan Sect now... If they receive a large number of reinforcements, then we should continue our great battle against the White Bone Sect." "Or, if several other forces attack and seize territory, or even break through the Hehuan Sect's mountain gate, then True Person Bai Mu will surrender without the slightest hesitation... If our own sect, as a Golden Core sect, were to see such a Purple Mansion force under its command, it would obviously not be very pleasant."

Unfortunately, since the Golden Core True Lord does not appear, the Purple Mansion True Man is the "True" of the world!

As chess players, we already have a certain degree of autonomy, but there's nothing we can do about it.

"Even in a situation like this, those with high rank and status possess a certain degree of autonomy..."

"At worst, Master Shiraki still has the last resort of abandoning his family and escaping alone..."

"This is the nobility of the Purple Palace!"

A certain thought suddenly became firm in Fang Qing's mind:

"I am now in the late stage of the Dao Foundation stage, and the profound mysteries of the Dao Foundation are gradually becoming complete. It's time to consider how to achieve the Purple Mansion stage..."

If he were to attempt to ascend to the Purple Mansion, he would undoubtedly follow the path of the [Ji Water].

Previously, only the Dao Foundation Divine Power "Positioning in the Wind" was available.

But now it seems that not only "Jiu Gan Lin" but also "Yin Lin Pan" are very promising to be acquired!