"Indeed, the martial arts movements on all these people are the martial arts of the Yuhua Sect. Some practice the Dragon Shape Flying Tiger Steps, some practice the Flying Spirit Soft Bone Body, and there is the Pine Crane Myriad Life Fist. It seems some among them also cultivate the Origin Chen Spirit Art, the Chaos Hole Breath-Regulating Art, the Heaven and Earth Noble Righteous Qi… A few people have pretty decent cultivation, having successfully become 'spirited', sufficient enough to enter the Mountain and River Ranking."
Upon Yan's reminder, Fang Han began to observe carefully and discovered that these young men and women indeed cultivated the kung fu of the Yuhua Sect, and their cultivation was quite good; several people had even cultivated to become spirited.
"Becoming spirited" meant reaching the peak of the physical body's divine transformation, gradually cultivating the mind and condensing the spirit. Although they were unable to turn their spirit into magic power, they could use their spirit to bewilder others, creating all sorts of illusions and pressure.
Whether human or demon, cultivating to this step meant they were not far from a divine ability.
Such individuals, among the inner sect disciples of the Yuhua Sect, if solely relying on cultivation and not borrowing magic treasures, would be able to compete for a position on the Mountain and River Ranking.
"Speak quickly, what kind of person are you? If you don't say it, we will activate a command talisman, gather everyone, and execute a grand array to capture you. Don't look at how profound your cultivation is; you cannot contend against the people of my forty-nine islands Thunder Emperor Cave Dwelling. Furthermore, my forty-nine islands Thunder Emperor Cave Dwelling is a famous sect on the South Sea, having connections with several major immortal dao sects. Do not bring trouble upon yourself!" Seeing Fang Han remain silent for a long time, one of the young men shot a few glances and fiercely shouted.
The eyesight of these few people was very sharp. They saw that Fang Han was not to be trifled with, thus they did not resort to violence, remaining cautious all along and standing by reason.
"Hmph! What Thunder Emperor talisman edict, what Lightning Mother reincarnation. Forty-nine islands Thunder Emperor Cave. I ask you, why are the martial arts on your bodies from the Yuhua Sect?" Fang Han suddenly raised his voice.
"Hmph! The Lightning Mother reincarnation of our Thunder Emperor Cave Dwelling is currently cultivating divine abilities in the Yuhua Sect, acting as a true disciple of the Yuhua Sect. Once her divine abilities achieve grand completion, she will return, building the Thunder Emperor Cave Dwelling to stand alongside the ten major Daoist portals of the world, making it the eleventh of the immortal dao!" a female cultivator boasted boldly.
"What? The reincarnation of the Lightning Mother, cultivating divine abilities in the Yuhua Sect? As a true disciple of the Yuhua Sect? Then could that possibly be…" Hearing the words of this female cultivator, Fang Han's heart suddenly trembled, actually simultaneously raising a thought with Yan.
"Could it possibly be… Fang Qingxue!"
"Who is your Lightning Mother? I am also a true disciple of the Yuhua Sect! Cultivating the Heavenly Wood Great Method, named Fang Han! You had better not lie to me!" After this shocking thought welled up, Fang Han suddenly shouted. Naturally, he had to ask for the exact details.
"You are also a true disciple of the Yuhua Sect?"
The group was taken aback, then that female cultivator hurriedly said: "The reincarnation of the Lightning Mother of our Thunder Emperor Cave Dwelling is named Fang Qingxue. If you are a true disciple of the Yuhua Sect, you presumably must have heard of her! It was precisely she who went into Guixu, obtained the talisman edict left behind by the ancient Thunder Emperor, learned of her own identity, and then, receiving support from the Yuhua Sect, subdued maritime rogue cultivators to establish this Thunder Emperor Cave Dwelling. You are a true disciple of the Yuhua Sect; what proof do you have?"
"It really is Fang Qingxue! I never expected she would actually establish such a large foundation on the sea and even open up a cave dwelling. Creating forty-nine islands! This… is truly too formidable! No wonder she cultivates the demonic path, has an unclear relationship with the Demonic Commander, yet the supreme headmaster and elders of the Yuhua Sect are incomparably tolerant towards her!"
After Fang Han got confirmation, the shock in his heart simply could not be surpassed!
Even "Yan" was shocked speechless, using a huge dragon claw to pat his own head inside the Yellow Spring Diagram: "Could not see it, could not see it… but whether reincarnation or not, this is also hard to tell."
"Look, what is this?" With a wave of his hand, Fang Han took out his book "All Worlds." This was an item representing his identity as a Yuhua Sect disciple: "Not only that, Fang Qingxue is also my senior sister. I was once a member of the Fang Family in Longyuan Province in the secular world. Even the fiancé of her younger sister Fang Qingwei. Could it be you have never heard of me?"
While speaking, several Life-sustaining Golden Pills appeared in Fang Han's hand. Wrapped in true qi, they flew to the sides of the disciples. "This is a middle-grade spiritual pill I obtained from slaying the Target Island Master whilst cultivating on the sea, the Life-sustaining Golden Pill, a holy medicine of the Heavenly Absolute Demonic Palace. Meeting for the first time, I don't have much of a formal gift; I'll just give you a few spiritual pills."
"Many thanks to Martial Uncle Fang!" The few disciples looked at each other, clearly breathing a sigh of relief, and respectively received the pills. Facing an expert like Fang Han, they did not want to fight either. Now that he was actually one of their own, they naturally felt much more relieved.
Fang Han, however, wanted to see just how deep the waters of the Thunder Emperor Cave Dwelling established by Fang Qingxue were, and immediately said: "How many cultivators are there in total in the forty-nine islands Thunder Emperor Cave Dwelling now? Who are the ones in charge? Senior Sister Fang is in secluded cultivation in the Yuhua Sect's Minor Immortal Realm and will come out any day now, having successfully cultivated the Great Dao of the Thunder God. In the future, I am also one of her helpers. How about you take me to the Thunder Emperor Cave Dwelling to broaden my horizons?"
The several young male and female cultivators looked at each other, and one female cultivator said hesitantly: "Our forty-nine islands have a total of over three thousand people, with six experts of the Divine Ability Realm, who are the six Lightning Envoys. They all reside within the central Thunder Emperor Cave Dwelling, jointly cultivating the true transmitted secret methods of the Great Dao left behind by the Lightning Mother. We are not qualified to take Martial Uncle to the center of the Thunder Emperor Cave Dwelling. Could Martial Uncle let us pass on a report first?"
"Very well! You go pass the report, there will be great merit. I bestow upon you one flying sword." Fang Han said to this female cultivator. While speaking, a flying sword flew out from his sleeve and landed in the female cultivator's hand.
This female cultivator took a look and saw it was actually a top-grade spiritual artifact, instantly becoming overjoyed. "Many thanks to Martial Uncle, I will go report right now." Saying so, she hurriedly flew toward the outside of the island, while the other disciples were wildly envious and all began whispering to each other.
Fang Han's generosity left them dumbfounded, yet extremely excited. Giving out a top-grade flying sword without even blinking an eye, truly worthy of being a true disciple of a major sect, a figure of formidable magic power. For a time, these disciples were all thinking of ways to curry favor with Fang Han and obtain his rewards.
Before long, that female cultivator flew back, and following her were several disciples dressed in purple clothes embroidered with thunder cloud talisman edicts. They all performed a proper etiquette toward Fang Han: "Martial Uncle, the six Lightning Envoys of the Thunder Emperor Cave Dwelling have long heard of Martial Uncle's reputation, and also know that Martial Uncle claimed first place on the Mountain and River Ranking, becoming a true disciple, and came overseas to travel. However, because the seal of the Water Gu Earth Lair loosened and the heavenly demons within are restless and about to make a move, they all have to divide their magic power to suppress them and cannot spare their main bodies to welcome Martial Uncle. They specially ordered us to invite Martial Uncle to the Thunder Emperor Cave Dwelling, where wine and spiritual pills have already been prepared, setting up a Pill Origin Assembly for Martial Uncle."
"Pill Origin Assembly? Quite grand. I do know about Senior Sister Qingxue and the Demonic Commander joining forces to kill the Water Gu Heavenly Demon Great Demonic King back then. Why were they unable to kill it, but only seal it? Your information is also truly well-informed. I seized first place on the Mountain and River Ranking and became a true disciple only half a year ago, yet you overseas folks already know."
Hearing this, Fang Han secretly nodded his head. The Pill Origin Assembly was a grand gathering in the immortal dao to welcome guests. It would absolutely not be convened for unimportant guests. From this point, one could see the Thunder Emperor Cave Dwelling attached great importance to him.
"Martial Aunt Fang Qiang on the Purple Lightning Peak is the seventh Lightning Envoy of our Thunder Emperor Cave Dwelling. She frequently transmits news over, thus we know of Martial Uncle," a disciple wearing thunder cloud dharma clothes said respectfully.
"Fang Qiang… a petty little maid, to think she actually hid herself so deeply!"
Fang Han was shocked. He knew Fang Qiang on the Purple Lightning Peak. To think she was originally a senior maid in the Fang Estate, yet had long become Fang Qingxue's trusted aide, and was even the seventh envoy of the Thunder Emperor Cave Dwelling!
Fang Qingxue, the unfathomable depth of this woman, Fang Han increasingly felt it in his heart.
"Martial Uncle, the sea has not been peaceful recently. The Demonic Commander caused a major disturbance, killing three true disciples of the Taiyi Sect. The Taiyi Sect has already issued a Heavenly Dao Pursuit Order, swearing to kill the Demonic Commander. Currently, the Demonic Commander has gone to Guixu, intending to use his solitary strength to kill numerous Taiyi Sect disciples! Over these past few days, rumor on the sea has it that many great battles have unfolded. Using the Great Disintegration Art, the Demonic Commander continuously injured six great Zhenren of the Taiyi Sect, and furthermore killed numerous inner sect disciples of the Taiyi Sect. A great war between the immortal and demonic paths is on the verge of breaking out! Because of the relationship between the Lightning Mother and the Demonic Commander, our Thunder Emperor Cave Dwelling has also been targeted by the people of the Taiyi Sect. Legend says that the three Taiyi Sect disciples with vast divine abilities, bestowed the surname 'Yi'—Song Weiyi, Wang Zhengyi, and Chen Shouyi—went to the Innate Demonic Sect to demand people. They were injured by the Innate Great Emperor and barely escaped back to the Taiyi Sect. Now, the numerous elders of the Taiyi Sect are preparing to discuss mobilizing in full force to annihilate the Innate Demonic Sect."
Another disciple guided Fang Han along while explaining.
"So many things actually happened on the sea?" Fang Han listened, secretly shocked, yet also somewhat rejoicing. Rejoicing that the matter of his killing Yao Dian's trio was ultimately shouldered by the Demonic Commander. He knew that the disciples of the Taiyi Sect would definitively go seeking the Demonic Commander. Both sides were arrogant and proud, fundamentally unable to sit down and explain things. Upon essentially meeting, a fight was inevitable, leaving no room for explanation. Once a fight started, things would only grow increasingly stiff.
The Demonic Commander was definitely too lazy to explain.
"I triggered an immortal-demonic great war…" Fang Han calculated secretly. "I wonder who Fang Qingxue will side with after coming out of secluded cultivation? The Demonic Commander? Or the Taiyi Sect?"
Fang Han felt he should properly stay here for a while, gather some information, and concurrently take a look at exactly what Fang Qingxue's overseas cave dwelling was like.
As for Long Xuan, who was still at the seabed, condensing Myriad Water True Qi within the Five Hells King Cauldron, having reached cultivation at a critical juncture, there was no need to disturb her. Moreover, it was not good for her to know too many matters of this Thunder Emperor Cave Dwelling. It was, after all, Fang Qingxue's secret.
Thus, following these few disciples, he flew straight toward the center of the forty-nine islands.
While flying, suddenly from the center in the distance, a monstrous demonic qi surged up. Demonic clouds shrouded, ghosts cried and gods howled, sinister winds blew in gusts. Massive amounts of seawater were swept into the sky, then turned into black clouds, and the entire heaven and earth seemed ensnared in gloom.
"What perfectly powerful demonic qi, it's a heavenly demon! On the heavenly demon battlefield, I had never even encountered such powerful demonic qi. Even that Great Majestic Demonic King didn't possess such powerful demonic qi!" Fang Han's heart was shaken.
"Oh no! The Water Gu Heavenly Demon King has broken through the seal!"
The entire bodies of several disciples shook, their faces turning the color of dirt.