Fang Han naturally did not know that so many meetings held within the Yuhua Heavenly Palace were all directed at him. Furthermore, among those great elders, there was a giant of the Longevity Realm, "Ruyizi," who found him extremely displeasing to the eye due to Huawei Tiandu's relationship.
Of course, if he knew, he certainly would have come up with a hundred kinds of conspiracies to design and frame "Ruyizi."
In the past, upon hearing of a giant of the Longevity Realm, Fang Han certainly would have felt great misgivings in his heart and would not dare to act rashly. But now, having experienced a series of events, his courage gradually opened up. Of course, he was bold but meticulous; the greater his courage, the more delicate his thoughts. Although he would not say everything was within his calculations, he was able to keep himself out of dangerous situations while obtaining maximum benefits.
Using an unscrupulous means to frame all his enemies and uniting and drawing in all his friends; this was his principle.
These past few days, while the "Yuhua Heavenly Palace" was holding meetings, he cultivated peacefully, comprehending the relationship between the five viscera and six entrails of the "Great Art of God Sealing" and the "Five Emperors Great Demon," while simultaneously gathering the power of the stars to consolidate his Natal Talisman.
Currently, his main task was to continue cultivating, comprehending the Natal Talisman as well as the changes in his own physical body, allowing his physical body's source energy, essence blood, and Natal Talisman to grow even stronger once more, verifying each other, and ultimately undergoing a metamorphosis to transform the talisman into a Golden Core.
After Baby Nebula comprehended the "Myriad Stars Limitless Book," although he did not cultivate it, he mutually verified it with his own "Future Constellation Great Art," and his progress was exceedingly swift as well. After cultivating to the fourth layer of the Divine Ability realm, the "Yin-Yang Realm," he did not stop and seemed to have a trend of continuing upward, seemingly about to comprehend heaven and humanity, condense formation diagrams, and become a True Person.
Once he stepped into the fifth layer of the Divine Ability realm, the Heaven and Human realm, and became a True Person, he could refine a Golden Core. Returning to the sect like this, his arrogance would soar to the sky. Therefore, even though Baby Nebula was exceedingly lazy and wanted to sleep late every day, he had no choice but to cultivate diligently.
As for Princess Hongyi, after stepping into the Divine Ability realm, she was also cultivating diligently. Fang Han had refined a piece of the Black Water King Snake's hide into a Dharma robe for her.
The Crane Fairy, on the other hand, was working hard to accumulate magic power, waiting to draw heavenly thunder in the future to strike down, enabling her to transform her bloodline and turn into human form.
On this day, while Fang Han was cultivating, he suddenly felt a reaction from outside the mountain-guarding grand formation. He hurriedly waved his hand and opened the two grand formations guarding Samsara Peak. A shock of thunder resonated, and the graceful form of a woman appeared within the pill refinement room; it was precisely Fang Qingxue.
"So it is Senior Sister arriving, please sit, please sit." Fang Han hurriedly stood up. Seeing that things had reached this point, he was no longer afraid of Fang Qingxue. But after all, he originated from the Fang family, and their interests were now tightly bound together to deal with Hua Tiandu. Under his current situation, where he was finding it difficult to move an inch having offended the Taiyi Sect, Fang Qingxue was also the most crucial ally to win over.
"I came this time desiring to ask you for a cup of forgetting water." Fang Qingxue looked at Fang Han, seemingly assessing his cultivation: "Also, congratulations to you for cultivating to the sixth layer, Unity realm. Cultivating to this realm, ten thousand methods unite into one, and power greatly increases."
"Senior Sister flatters me. I also did not expect Senior Sister to cultivate so quickly, actually practicing successfully into a Golden Core not long ago. It seems that compared to cultivation speed, Senior Sister is genuinely the number one in our sect." Fang Han waved his hand, and a large clump of yellow forgetting water rushed out from the Yellow Springs Diagram and fell into Fang Qingxue's magical treasure pouch. "Senior Sister must be using this forgetting water to wash her Golden Core."
"Correct. Because my Golden Core was condensed too quickly, it contains many impurities. But with the help of the forgetting water, the impurities can be washed away, saving me a cycle of sixty years of bitter effort to forge the Golden Core with thunder fire. There are more than ten days left before you duel with Meng Shaobai. I want to remind you of one thing; this person Meng Shaobai must not be underestimated, he hides himself very deeply. I have no means to defeat him either, but the current strength level of your magic power is still above mine, and you have many magical treasures, so there is no need to fear him. However, to steadily suppress him will still have some difficulty. Having taken a cup of your forgetting water, I cannot take it for nothing. I will use this Lightning Bone Sarira Pill as an exchange. This sarira is a Heaven-grade pill condensed by the ancient Lightning Emperor, not beneath the Nine Orifices Golden Core or the Yin-Yang Myriad Lifebound Pill. After consuming it, not only does it increase lifespan, but it can also transform one's innate roots and bones into lightning divine bones, possessing the function of communicating with the thunder and lightning of heaven and earth. Trading this single pill for the forgetting water, you do not suffer a loss, and have even earned a slight bit. I, Fang Qingxue, never take advantage of people."
Fang Qingxue received the forgetting water, her expression unmoving, took out a pill from her magical treasure pouch, and flew it over to Fang Han.
This pill presented a dark black color, as if condensed from dark clouds in the sky, but inside the pill, numerous lightning bolts in the shape of dragons and snakes flashed continuously. Thunderclaps vibrated within it; holding it in one's hand, one's entire body immediately felt a sense of being amidst violent thunder and lightning, startling the eyes and shocking the mind.
"Lightning Bone Sarira! Good stuff, indeed good stuff! This is a marrow-cleansing and tendon-washing pill refined by the ancient Lightning Emperor. It is indeed not beneath the Nine Orifices Golden Core. After consuming it, your bones will turn into lightning bones, which are legendary immortal bones. Lightning methods are the head of all methods, just as cultivating the Five Emperors Great Demon Divine Ability to great perfection will generate the Five Elements Divine Thunder. Fang Qingxue actually used this item to exchange for forgetting water, it shows she does not want to owe you a favor." Yan cried out loudly: "No wonder she cultivates so fast, she actually possesses this kind of thing to cleanse marrow and wash tendons. What a pity, she lacks spiritual qi right now. If she could draw in Immortal Realm source energy in large amounts like you do, her cultivation speed would probably surpass Meng Shaobai's. According to prices from ancient times, forgetting water could not be exchanged for this pill. But now that the Yellow Springs Great Emperor collected all the forgetting water and monopolized it, it is worth this price."
Listening to "Yan's" words, Fang Han remained unmoving in expression and accepted the Lightning Bone Sarira: "Since Senior Sister does not wish to owe me a favor, then an equal value exchange is fine. I have a massive amount of Primal Infant Pills here. If Senior Sister lacks pills, you can bring magical treasures and materials to exchange for them. The price I offer will be vastly cheaper."
"In this Mountain and River Ranking Competition, the sect has rewarded down quite a few items. Aside from another Yin-Yang Myriad Lifebound Pill, the first place also receives a magical treasure, which is a high grade treasure artifact. It is called the Three Dragon Whip. You also hope the people under you obtain it, right? How about this: I will execute the Lightning Refinement Form Great Art to help your subordinate Hongyi enhance her magic power, allowing her to steadily seize the first place on the Mountain and River Ranking. I will also temper the body of the Crane Fairy for you, transforming her into human form, and even alter Baby Nebula's constitution a bit. In return, you give me one million Primal Infant Pills, and also have a Green Emperor Wood Sovereign rain fall upon my Purple Electric Peak, allowing all the spiritual medicines in the medicine fields to become spirits, how about that?"
Fang Qingxue's heart was indeed moved; she proposed a transaction that was quite reasonable and logical, where neither side suffered a loss.
Fang Han thought for a moment: "I do not know if Senior Sister still has more Lightning Bone Sariras; I am willing to spend another one million Primal Infant Pills to purchase them."
Toward a pill like the "Lightning Bone Sarira," Fang Han was truly intensely covetous. Although these spiritual pills could only be consumed once, and consuming a second one would greatly reduce the medicinal power, making it extremely not worthwhile, if it was given to Baby Nebula to consume, his chances of breaking through to the Heaven and Human realm would be vastly increased.
One million Primal Infant Pills could buy a supreme grade Dao artifact like the "Great Brahma Radiance Ship"; exchanging them for a pill like the Lightning Bone Sarira was also worth it.
"Do you have that many spiritual pills? Rumor has it that three months from now, you are to give each of the elders of the Three Great Sword Sects one million spiritual pills. I see you refining pills; in a month you can produce about one million pills. Won't it be until after the fourth month that I can get the pills?" Fang Qingxue said: "Lightning Bone Sarira, I do not have a few of them either. They will have great use in the future, and if it weren't to exchange for your forgetting water this time, I would not have taken it out. Let us drop this matter."
"Since Senior Sister is unwilling to sell, I will not force it. How about this: four months from now, Senior Sister come to my place to collect one million pills. For now, first help the Crane Fairy, Princess Hongyi, and Baby Nebula wash their bodies." Fang Han knew what Fang Qingxue's personality was like, so he also put on the appearance of discussing business.
At this point, he could not help but wish he could find a few more fragments of the World Tree, allowing it to draw a bit more Immortal Realm source energy, so as not to be stretched to the limits.
He originally thought he had become a massive wealthy lord, the biggest financial magnate in the Cultivation world, yet he did not expect he would still need an advance right now. The expenses were truly too huge.
"Good! I will take them back to Purple Electric Peak. Four months from now, I will come to collect the pills." Above Fang Qingxue's head, a lightning talisman sparkled. Suddenly, with a suction, Baby Nebula, Princess Hongyi, and the Crane Fairy were all drawn inside.
Subsequently, with a thunderclap, Fang Qingxue disappeared without a trace.
Lightning methods were most effective for tempering the body; otherwise, monsters, plant, and tree spirits would not rely on heavenly thunder to enable themselves to transform into human form.
"The Indestructible Lightning Talisman is truly formidable; even the Sun Moon Five Stars Bracelet had no chance to resist." Yan sighed with emotion. That lightning talisman above Fang Qingxue's head just now was a high grade Dao artifact, near to the supreme grade. Although not as powerful as the Emperor Mirror, it was absolutely a fine treasure that many Longevity Realm experts did not possess.
Just now when Fang Qingxue sucked away Baby Nebula, Xingchan, the artifact spirit of the Sun Moon Five Stars Bracelet, resisted, but it was of no help.
"Let me consume this Lightning Bone Sarira to see, exactly to what extent it will turn all the bones in my body into lightning bones, and how powerful it will be. One must know, my current body is already much stronger than ordinary cultivators, and after successfully cultivating the Five Emperors Great Demon Divine Ability, the Yama Golden Body has undergone a metamorphosis once again."
Fang Han held the "Lightning Bone Sarira" exchanged from Fang Qingxue, looked at it, and sensing the powerful thunder power within, could not help but feel secretly delighted. He was not familiar with lightning methods, but also knew this spiritual pill possessed great utility.
Spitting out a fierce mouthful of source energy, he wrapped the "Lightning Bone Sarira" and swallowed it down into his stomach.
Crackle, pop! Sizzle sizzle, sizzle sizzle… Instantly, countless electric sparks flashed upon Fang Han's body, turning his entire person into a man of electricity. From every pore, small electrical arcs continuously sprayed out, forming sparks. When the floorboards of the pill refinement room came into contact with these electric sparks, they instantly turned charred black, then collapsed downward and began to melt.
The power of these electric sparks was actually this great.
"Such powerful medicinal strength!" Fang Han also had not expected that the medicinal nature of this pill would be so fierce; it was simply not on the same level as the Nine Orifices Golden Core. Fortunately, it was him; if it were someone else, they would instantly be vaporized by the electric fire, leaving not even dust behind.
Such a tyrannical pill!