Free Web NovelChapter 285: Chapter 55: Nourished by Senior Sister, Ascendant Lingji
’The Rakshasa Sect... I wonder if the person I traded with will leak the news?’
Fang Cheng’s expression darkened as he finished reading the jade slip.
If the seller leaked the news about someone trading Outer Realm Cold Iron in the Celestial Traveling Marketplace to curry favor with the Rakshasa Sect, they would undoubtedly follow the trail and find their way here.
Given the Rakshasa Sect’s power, they would only need to set up a Floating Cloud Immortal Residence outside the Celestial Traveling Marketplace and interrogate everyone who left. They’d likely find something.
’I was planning to get rid of the contents of the storage bags from those Cyan-clothed Cultivators under the Rakshasa Sect’s Young Master, but I’d better forget about it now.’
He left the Ghost Market and quietly returned to the Immortal Mountain, heading back to his rented Cave Mansion.
He now faced two choices:
One was to give up on the Jade Dew Golden Lotus Pill, leave the Celestial Traveling Immortal Pavilion with Hua Yutang immediately, return to Great Black Mountain, and go back to the Abyssal Marsh.
This was the path of cowardice—timid and hesitant, leaving a sour taste. A wise man doesn’t stand under a crumbling wall, but to miss out on the Jade Dew Golden Lotus Pill for nothing would be a true shame.
After returning to the Abyssal Marsh, the two Ninth-Grade Golden Lotuses in Hua Yutang’s Cave Mansion wouldn’t produce new seed pods anytime soon. This meant he could only rely on his own Divine Sense and Cultivation Technique to slowly recover his Life Soul.
If so, he wouldn’t be able to refine any more Dream Spirits for at least a year.
And he could never have too many trump cards at the Late-Life Soul Stage, or even the Peak of Life Soul.
The second choice was to keep waiting, and leave only after buying the Jade Dew Golden Lotus Pill.
This was the riskier option. If the seller of the Mechanical Battle Armor passed the information to the Rakshasa Sect, they would only need to send a single Life Soul Cultivator to block the exit of the Celestial Traveling Marketplace and inspect everyone one by one. They would definitely find Fang Cheng.
At that point, a conflict would be unavoidable.
However, he had two Dream Spirits with Late-Stage Life Soul Cultivation and a Tier Three Mechanical Armor. Unless the Rakshasa Sect sent four or five Life Soul Cultivators at once, they would have no hope of stopping him.
The question was, would the Rakshasa Sect dispatch more than half of the Life Soul Masters in their sect at once, all for a Young Master who was only at the Early Life Talisman Stage?
No sect or family would ever do such a thing.
Two would be the absolute limit.
Fang Cheng’s thoughts raced as he put himself in their shoes, deducing possible scenarios and weighing the pros and cons.
By the time he walked back into his Quiet Chamber, a ruthless thought surfaced in his mind:
’If I don’t even have this much courage, what’s the point of surviving in the Demon Sect?’
’If the Rakshasa Sect really dares to send people this time, I’ll just make sure they never return...’
’Worse comes to worst, once I get the Jade Dew Golden Lotus Pill, I’ll just refine a few more Dream Spirits!’
’What is there to fear?’
He sat cross-legged on the Jade Couch and cleared his mind of distracting thoughts. A fearless and confident light shone in his eyes.
Then, he took out the three sets of Life Soul-level Mechanical Battle Armor he had bought in the Ghost Market.
These three sets of armor were forged entirely from bronze, their facial features, expressions, and clothing patterns all exquisitely lifelike.
The armors were covered in dense, profound, and unfathomable Spirit Patterns. A vast, abyss-like aura was hidden within them—its power still concealed, yet enough to make one’s scalp tingle and a chill run down their spine.
The three sets of Mechanical Battle Armor were in the forms of a Sword Cultivator, a Buddhist Cultivator, and a Female Cultivator.
Fang Cheng used a conventional method for refining Magical Artifacts to first refine the Sword Cultivator armor.
A moment later, the Bronze Battle Armor began to glow. It slowly grew until it was taller than a man, standing silently on the floor of the Quiet Chamber.
With a thought from Fang Cheng, countless tiny seams appeared on the armor’s surface. The entire suit then slowly disassembled into thousands of small, exquisite Bronze Flying Swords, which danced and swam through the air like a school of lively fish.
Fang Cheng stood up, and the "small flying swords" immediately flew toward him. One by one, they pressed against his body, reassembling into the form of the Bronze Sword Cultivator sculpture!
Fang Cheng was completely encased within the sculpture. A profound and mysterious aura was drawn into his Qi Sea, merging with his Magical Power and Divine Sense until they were one.
His Magical Power and the Power of his Divine Sense began to skyrocket.
Threefold... fivefold... tenfold... twentyfold... fiftyfold... a hundredfold... three hundredfold!
Soon, he felt his Magical Power swell to an unimaginable level, rising endlessly as if there were no barriers at all.
He also seemed to gain a new understanding and perception of the Spiritual Qi between heaven and earth and the Dao Rules, something completely different from the Life Talisman Realm.
However, this perception was still vague and hazy.
But he had, with the help of the Mechanical Battle Armor, truly obtained the combat power of the Life Soul Realm!
The Mechanical Battle Armor was powered by Upper-Grade Spirit Stones, and each attack consumed a vast amount. Fortunately, Fang Cheng wasn’t short on Spirit Stones for the time being, so he didn’t need to worry too much about it.
Inside the bronze sculpture, Fang Cheng felt as if he were wearing a perfectly form-fitting suit of armor. There was no sense of stiffness at all; instead, it felt incredibly natural and comfortable, a perfect fusion.
Worthy of its reputation as a peerless treasure of the Wilderness!
He took a few steps around the Quiet Chamber, growing fonder of this Mechanical Battle Armor by the moment.
However, he quickly came to his senses.
This armor was, after all, an external object. If he blindly indulged in the immense power it granted, he would eventually lose himself, tarnish his Dao Heart, and hinder the progress of his own Cultivation.
This was especially true for breaking through from the Early to Middle Life Talisman Stage, and from the Middle to Late Stage. Without an exceptionally strong Dao Heart and willpower, it was absolutely impossible to succeed.
Back when the Nine Truths Sect attacked the Red Flame Immortal Palace, the Immortal Palace only sent two Life Soul Cultivators to meet them. Perhaps it wasn’t that the Red Flame Immortal Palace was being arrogant; it was possible they only had two Life Soul Cultivators.
Otherwise, the Sect Treasure Vault would never have been looted...
