Chapter 305

Chapter 305: Two Powerful Divine Skills

"Disciple naturally agrees!" Master Jie Yan hastily replied. Yet he then hesitated, "But the Lost Forest only permits Golden Pool realm cultivators at the highest level to enter. How can this disciple enter?"

"Rest assured, this master has a method to send you in!" Bai Lian Chan Master said with narrowed eyes. "The true trouble lies in how you’ll locate him within the Lost Forest."

"If senior brother can get Disciple Jie Yan into the Lost Forest, leave the matter of tracking Fang Lie to me!" Bai Fang Chan Master interjected. "Junior Brother Bai Mu, knowing his lifespan neared its end, devoted great effort to crafting special treasures for our sect—including a sixth-rank magical item called the Searching Qi Plate. As long as we possess an object someone has touched, this treasure can gather their aura and pinpoint their location regardless of distance."

"Such a treasure exists? Junior Brother Bai Mu truly exhausted himself for the sect’s sake!" Bai Lian Chan Master said with emotion. "A pity he fell to treachery! Yet this treasure allows Jie Yan to exact vengeance, settling our junior brother’s unresolved grievances!"

"Excellent! It’s as if Junior Brother himself achieves retribution!" Bai Fang Chan Master exclaimed eagerly. "But how do we collect Fang Lie’s aura? Direct contact might arouse suspicion."

"Worry not. Observe." Bai Lian Chan Master produced the Bright Pearl obtained from Fang Lie. "This came directly from his hands. His lingering aura remains within—more than sufficient for tracking!" His lips twisted into a cruel smile. "The fool brought this upon himself. Even heaven denies him aid!"

"Heh…" The group chuckled darkly, already envisioning Fang Lie’s demise.

Unaware of becoming Great Thunder Sound Temple’s prime target, Fang Lie continued his cultivation. Through relentless training and absorption of spiritual energy from heaven and earth, his Qi Sea had expanded to fifty li after slaying the Demonic Child, enabling him to cultivate another supreme divine skill.

The new ability—Nirvana Fire Seed—involved condensing a spark of Nirvana True Fire within his energy seas. Normally dormant, this seed would ignite upon his death, releasing devastating Nirvana fire to resurrect him instantly amidst flames.

Though his undying nature already permitted revival through the Cycle of Fire, that process required at least two hours—time ill-afforded in battle. The Nirvana Fire Seed eliminated this delay, allowing full restoration of health and magic in the blink of an eye. An opponent expecting victory would face sudden counterattack—a near-guaranteed reversal.

This supreme divine skill granted an extra life for desperate situations. Against overwhelming foes it proved futile, but in most scenarios it became invaluable. The three days required to condense each seed seemed trivial compared to its benefits.

Despite Fang Lie’s notable aptitude, mastering this advanced skill took a full month. Simultaneous absorption of spiritual energy expanded his Qi Sea by several more li.

He then turned attention to the Banana Leaf Golden Scripture. Though a Tao Sect cultivator, he sought to merge the Past King Fist’s unerring strike attribute with his Ever-Burning Flame, creating unprecedented techniques. Normally, comprehending such profound Buddhist methods required decades, let alone mastery.

Here, the old bird intervened. Through forced infusion of knowledge, Fang Lie grasped just enough to execute Past King Fist’s basic form—sacrificing future mastery for immediate utility. Even this crude understanding demanded over a month’s effort, contrasting sharply with his usual rapid skill acquisition.

The divine skill’s foundation in the power of cause and effect placed it beyond his cultivation level. The old bird’s intervention damaged his comprehension potential, leaving him capable only of feeble executions.

Yet Fang Lie’s physique—enhanced by Dao pattern karp integration and treasures from heaven and earth—remained formidable. His arms could unleash ten-thousand-pound force, shattering stone and iron alike.

However, the Past King Fist he displayed felt soft and weak, probably only possessing a hundred or so pounds of strength, and that included the power boost from the martial art itself. It was like losing over ninety percent of its attacking power in an instant!

If he were to hit a mortal, that hundred pounds of strength would still be significant, enough to send a person’s teeth flying with a slap.

But if it were aimed at a cultivator, even a regular Golden Pool realm cultivator, a slap would only leave them blushing! Besides that, it had almost no lethality.

If a powerful Buddhist expert saw Fang Lie practicing the Past King Fist, one of the highest ultimate skills of the Buddhist sect, in such a state, they would probably be infuriated!

When the powerful ones executed the Past King Fist, the strength would be slightly lower, but only by one or two percent, and combined with the martial art’s boost, it could be even more powerful than ordinary punches and kicks, often killing whoever it struck!

But in Fang Lie’s hands, it could only swat away mosquitoes and flies on someone’s face, which was quite pathetic!

Yet, Fang Lie did not feel ashamed. Instead, he took pride in it and was very pleased with this divine skill. After conducting experiments, he discovered that this skill could indeed be paired with the Ever-Burning Flame. Even though it didn’t hurt when striking a face, it allowed him to stealthily smear the burning ink of the Ever-Burning Flame onto his opponent’s face, which was a great weapon.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, four to five months had passed since Fang Lie eliminated the Demonic Child.

Through intense training during this time, he not only mastered two powerful divine skills but also expanded his Qi Sea to nearly seventy miles through consuming countless treasures from heaven and earth. This size of the Qi Sea would make him a notable figure even among the inner gate of the Mo Sect, barely qualifying him as an elite disciple.

In addition, Fang Lie’s Fire Spirit Peak also recovered significantly. After his costly investments, the total number of Fire Spirit Gu had grown from several hundreds of thousands back to a scale of two hundred million.

Although it was still not enough for them to be self-sufficient, it at least reduced Fang Lie’s burden by one-fifth.

Moreover, with so many Fire Spirit Gu, the Fire Spirit Peak finally had some fighting power, capable of eliminating a few Wind Tribulation Immortals.

Of course, it was still a bit lacking when facing a Fire Tribulation Immortal, but Fang Lie believed that given another two to three years, this treasure would possess the power to contend with Fire Tribulation Immortals.

In addition to Fang Lie himself, great changes were also happening on Qingyu Island.

First, the small town on the island fully restored its past glory, with all the shops open and many people coming and going daily.

However, upon closer observation, one would be shocked to discover that the entire town had actually come under the control of a powerful force—the Mo Sect.

To protect Qingyu Island—or more specifically, the habitat of the White Jade Divine Fish—the Mo Sect put in great efforts to occupy the entire town, dispatching reliable disciples from their sect to manage it and quietly completed their total control over the area.

Except for Fang Lie and a few others, the scattered cultivators around Wanxing Sea had no idea that this place had been occupied by the Mo Sect, thinking it was still the same as before.

As for the protective array that Fang Lie cared about most, it had long begun to be established.

To cover their tracks, Fang Lie only claimed that he had brought people from the sect to specially build the protective array for Qingyu Island.

Outsiders believed that the wealthy Fang Lie felt unsafe and took these measures to prevent another incident like Jie Kong’s, which everyone considered perfectly normal, and no one suspected anything.

When the Mo Sect was building the array, they made sure to disguise their efforts. To outsiders, it seemed bustling with activity, with cultivators below the Wind Tribulation level busy, and it was clear that the array wouldn’t be very advanced.

But in reality, Fire Tribulation Immortals and even Thunder Tribulation Immortals hid within, quietly setting up a high-level formation.

During the day, they used low-level materials, but at night, after securing the area, they began using high-level materials, and once everything was arranged, they would conceal their work to prevent any indication of its true nature.

Additionally, new rules were established on Qingyu Island; scattered cultivators seeking pills could only wait in the town, where they were met and negotiated with by Mao San and Gou Si. Only experts above the Wind Tribulation level would be received by Little Peach Red and Mi Qing.

However, regardless of who it was, they could only stay in the town, constantly monitored by numerous eyes of the Mo Sect, with all other areas forbidden. Fang Lie, under the guise of setting up the array, ensured day and night surveillance to maximize the secrecy of the array.