Wang Jixuan stealthily slipped back into Fortress 76.
It wasn't that he was afraid of Spiritually Awakened causing trouble, or Bladebeast tides making a comeback, but mainly because…
…he was afraid of being beaten to death by Deep Sea.
'Presumably, Deep Sea must also be experiencing a kind of joy of rediscovery,' Wang Daoshi thought, pretending to be happy.
He secretly returned to Fortress 76, without alarming anyone except Dongfang Zhenghong. After returning, he hid in a single room in the workshop, immersing himself in cultivation and consolidating his own realm.
With the danger temporarily lifted, Wang Jixuan also calmed down and began to ponder the Gui Zhen Bone Forging Method.
A cultivator's practice is like filling a bottle with sand and gravel. Improving the Dao Realm is like increasing the volume and material of the bottle, while the quality of the Dao Foundation determines whether fine sand or pebbles are poured into the bottle.
Wang Jixuan's previous continuous use of the Dragon-Python Sky Devouring Art in his cultivation had caused his [bottle] to be filled with air bubbles, making it slightly unstable.
If he wanted to solidify his Dao Foundation, there was only one way—arduous cultivation.
Day and night, ceaselessly, again and again.
Expanding the Qi Sea, forging bones and condensing the spirit.
For three or four consecutive days, Wang Jixuan only met with Mudan during meals, and also chatted about the peripheral battles.
Mudan brought several good news one after another:
The major Bladebeast groups have returned to the gathering nodes again. Having suffered heavy losses, they need a certain amount of time to replenish their strength. The space fortresses have increased their bombing intensity against them;
Taking advantage of this victory, the D5 Comprehensive War Zone publicly denounced the ruling faction of the Spiritually Awakened City, and received support from the major Comprehensive War Zones;
Red Serpent's fusion with her new body is going well. At this stage, she has already gone out for activities. A research team of three hundred people has begun to conduct various experiments around her, gradually developing her combat capabilities.
What is touching is…
Deep Sea made a real man's choice.
He announced that the marriage would continue!
Moreover, even though Deep Sea was seriously injured, he would still take the time every day to drive his sixteen-meter-tall exclusive mech to take a walk with Red Serpent.
A mech and a monster walking hand in hand in the sunset…
Whenever Wang Jixuan thought of this scene, he couldn't help but give a thumbs up to Deep Sea, who was far away in Fortress 82, and the air seemed to become sweeter.
This time, he owed Deep Sea a favor, and he would find a way to repay him later.
Red Serpent's soul power is now growing rapidly. After fusing with this Sub-King-level Bladebeast, she began to receive nourishment from spiritual energy.
Regarding Bladebeasts, Wang Jixuan discovered many unusual things this time.
But he only had suspicions and didn't have time to study them in depth for the time being.
'Although this poor Daoist is also somewhat knowledgeable about demonic arts and evil methods, I really don't know about the cultivation of妖物(yao wu).'
Wang Jixuan sighed with emotion and made up his mind:
'Probably, if Bladebeasts want to cultivate, they also have to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. When this poor Daoist's Dao Realm recovers to seventy or eighty percent, I will study a set of special cultivation methods for Red Serpent.'
'It should be able to transform into a human form, right? Otherwise, really let Deep Sea old brother go to…'
'All this has to wait until this poor Daoist can be 100% sure that he can suppress the out-of-control Red Serpent.'
Red Serpent has the risk of going out of control.
She is now a Bladebeast, and before that, she was a half-human mech that everyone admired. The psychological gap is already very difficult to endure, let alone who knows whether she will be eroded by spiritual energy.
—Deep Sea's unwavering support is actually the greatest encouragement for her.
Fu Jian had also consulted Wang Jixuan's opinion before.
Fu Jian wanted to let this 'newly developed bio-mech' show its face after Red Serpent's condition stabilized, to bring a new shock to the world.
Fu Jian had already thought of the relevant publicity slogans.
[The first time in history! Bio-mech developed based on the research results of Bladebeast cells!]
[Shock! The first bio-mech with Sub-King-level spiritual energy and King-level comprehensive combat power!]
Regarding this matter, Wang Jixuan gave relatively conservative opinions.
“It’s okay to show your face, but don’t fight too fiercely.
“After all, Red Serpent is thinking in a human way. We don’t quite know what will happen next, so don’t be too aggressive in everything.
“Deep Sea can be heavily cultivated. After fighting against the King-level Bladebeast, his own growth is actually quite big.”
Fu Jian accepted his opinions.
In addition to these good news, there have been several bad news in the past few days.
It was still sent by different people.
Zhou Zhengde told him that the Spiritually Awakened City strongly demanded that the D5 War Zone abide by human civilization laws, hand over the Bladebeast resources seized in this battle, and stop the illegal act of privately hoarding Bladebeast crystal cores.
The information secretly sent by Aunt Qingting said that the trash S-level Spiritually Awakened Xing Tian had already discovered the defection of Ji Yale and Ding Jiajia, and would soon retaliate.
Then there was the paper letter sent to Wang Jixuan by Zheng Shiduo, which was sent from the General Headquarters.
Wang Jixuan opened it and took a few glances, his expression becoming a little serious.
The letter was printed out. The reason why it was transported on paper should be to ensure confidentiality. There was also a self-destruct device on the envelope.
The content of the letter was very short:
[I suspect that one or two traitors have appeared among the twelve senior officers at the highest level of D5.
News about the Black Storm and the Spiritual Cultivators has been passed to the Spiritually Awakened City.
According to our informants inside the Spiritually Awakened City, the Six Elders recently convened all ruling faction members above A-level for the first time in ten years for a secret meeting lasting more than an hour.
They will soon take action.
According to the reaction of the Spiritually Awakened City, we can basically determine that the Spiritual Cultivator civilization mentioned by the Bladebeast civilization is related to the spiritual energy infusion ceremony monopolized by them.
The picture drawn by Ji Xiao last time has been confirmed. There are similar replicas in each Spiritually Awakened family's infusion ceremony. The ability of the replicas is very small and can only create C-level and below Spiritual Awakeners.
There may still be a human civil war in the future, so we must plan to encircle and suppress the King-level Bladebeasts in the near future. After reducing external pressure, we can concentrate on dealing with their attacks.
When necessary, I need you to come to the General Headquarters to conduct memory searches on the twelve senior commanders.
Fu Jian.]
This…
This letter directly silenced Wang Jixuan.
A wisp of true fire jumped out of his fingertips, and the letter was instantly burned to ashes.
Mudan took a deep breath from the side and sucked the ashes into her nostrils for secondary destruction.
Zheng Shiduo blinked: “Don’t you need to reply?”
“No, replying easily exposes us.”
Wang Daoshi stretched lazily:
“It’s just some trivial matters, don’t worry too much. How is Wu Man doing recently?”
“He has been making rapid progress these past few days and can already walk normally.”
Zheng Shiduo said with a smile:
“He is still drawing talismans according to the method you taught him, and has prepared more than a thousand for you to use.”
“Tell him not to store so many,” Wang Jixuan said with a smile, “This thing can only lock in spiritual energy for a period of time. After a long time, its power will be greatly reduced.”
“Okay, I’ll ask him to read more books when I get back. His cultural lessons are worse than mine!”
Zheng Shiduo rubbed his big hands, glanced at Mudan guiltily, then lowered his voice and whispered:
“Um, I’m asking about something.
“I have a few acquaintances over at 82, Spiritual Awakeners, they are all front-line Spiritual Awakeners from the military, don’t get me wrong, we are all small fans of the Commander-in-Chief.
“They said that the half-human mech Deep Sea seems to have been so devastated by the pain of losing his lover recently that he actually…fell in love with a Sub-King-level Bladebeast.
“They also heard that the reason why we were able to co-opt this Sub-King-level Bladebeast was because of…Deep Sea’s personal charm, using his super-strong male tension to completely conquer this Bladebeast…Is this true or false?”
Wang Jixuan leaned back in his chair, raised his hand to cover his mouth, pondered for a few moments, “In a sense, it can be understood that way, but…”
“Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! This, this! Even Bladebeasts can do it! Ah, and it’s that kind of big monster! Wow, this!”
Zheng Shiduo temporarily lost his language ability.
Zheng Shiduo didn’t hear the explanation after Wang Jixuan’s [but] at all!
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However, Zheng Shiduo was considered reliable and didn’t spread the news, he just decided that the next time he saw Deep Sea…he would dress up a little.
Well, cosplay a pure Bladebeast or something.
…
Wang Jixuan cultivated steadily for a week, and his Dao Heart finally gained a bit more stability.
Most of the 'air bubbles' in the Dao Foundation were squeezed out.
After thinking about it, he decided to improve his combat power as soon as possible and refine some magical artifacts that could play a role against large Bladebeasts at critical moments.
The previous spears and greatswords and other cold weapons were just a transition.
Now that he has reached the Great Perfection of Gathering Spirit, condensed his Yuan Soul, and entered the Gui Zhen Realm, he already has a pretty good spiritual sense.
In addition, when he killed that King-level Bladebeast this time, the other party released a large amount of spiritual power after death.
Wang Jixuan didn’t feel anything at first, but after cultivating for a week, he realized that his Yuan Soul had a trace of divine light, and his spiritual sense power had increased by 30% in a week.
Killing this kind of powerful Bladebeast can really directly increase strength!
Killing ten King-level ones might even trigger a qualitative change!
However, Wang Jixuan knew clearly that he was not the one who killed the King-level this time.
It relied on the huge sacrifice of the human camp, as well as the resource support of the Comprehensive War Zone, and the decisive mutual destruction of precious high-end combat power.
Relying solely on him, who has not yet completed the foundation building, even if his mana is exhausted, he will not be able to kill many Bladebeasts, and may not even be able to touch the feet of the King-level Bladebeast…
At this stage, there is no room for improvement in talismans for the time being, and several warehouses of King-level Bladebeast blood have been collected, but that has exceeded the upper limit that he can currently control.
There are also many restrictions on formations.
The power of formations that do not require the mobilization of the earth vein is limited;
Large formations that require the mobilization of the earth vein are limited in mobility.
It’s really impossible to have both the fish and the bear's paw.
Regarding demonic arts, Wang Ji Xuan had long mastered them with ease. This was even smoother than his initial cultivation of immortal techniques, after all, he had once stood at the Great Vehicle stage, and his knowledge was extraordinary.
In short…
A righteous powerhouse was definitely not a demonic genius!
Currently, the only way to quickly improve his combat power was through magical artifacts.
'Now that I've entered the Gui Zhen realm, I'm not far from the Returning Void realm. Rounding up, Foundation Establishment is almost complete. Then I should prepare early and get a flying sword in advance.'
'To take an enemy's head from within the range of my spiritual sense, how satisfying.'
'Relying solely on a flying sword is not enough, I also need to make some flying needles. I remember that my senior sister used to have a move called [Thousands of Trees, Myriad Pear Blossoms Bloom], which was to fling out hundreds of flying needles in an instant, and then use it in conjunction with the Spirit Bursting Art, its power was amazing.'
And so, a low-grade flying sword and a type of self-exploding flying needle for consumption were put on the refining schedule, in addition to Wang Ji Xuan's full-power cultivation.
Ling Tong had not returned to Fortress 76 before this.
Firstly, she was worried about Crimson Snake and Deep Sea, and she had to stay there to take care of them;
Secondly, Ling Tong had already been identified as the contact person for the Black Storm. Her constant appearances near Fortress 82 would focus the investigation efforts on Fortress 82.
Fortress 82 had already achieved a feat—discovering one hundred and twenty Mimic Blade Beasts within twenty-four hours in a non-wartime state!
Fortress 76, on the other hand, was calm and tranquil.
In the blink of an eye, another seven or eight days passed.
Daoist Wang also didn't expect that he could take advantage of the retreat of this Blade Beast tide to cultivate in peace for more than half a month!
With the unlimited supply of crystal cores, having just experienced the baptism of a great battle, and obtaining many benefits from the King-level Blade Beast…under the blessing of this series of favorable factors, he directly entered the middle stage of the Gui Zhen realm!
This breakthrough speed made him begin to worry whether he was sleepwalking and cultivating demonic arts.
Although he had not fallen asleep at all, and it was unlikely that he was sleepwalking.
Wang Ji Xuan had basically completed the design of the low-grade flying sword and flying needles, and had also sent the required materials to Ling Tong.
Because Fu Jian suspected that there were spies in the D5 high command, Ling Tong's help in finding mines had to be carried out secretly, and the progress was slow.
Just as Wang Ji Xuan was indulging in the fantasy that he could cultivate behind closed doors for a month or two and directly sprint to the Returning Void realm, the arrival of a message declared the premature end of his cultivation during this period.
The message was sent by Fu Jian, only through Mu Dan's hand.
[Ling Tong's transport plane will arrive at your place in four hours. Come to the General Command for a soul search. Do some disguises, or even get plastic surgery if necessary.]
Finally, they were going to catch the spy!
During this period of his secluded cultivation, the D5 Comprehensive War Zone had actually been quite turbulent both inside and outside.
The ruling faction of the City of Spiritual Energy continued to make things difficult, and Fu Jian continued to fight back.
The atmosphere between the two sides was already very tense.
Even the D5 Comprehensive War Zone directly detained more than 400,000 crystal cores that should have been transferred to the City of Spiritual Energy, and publicly declared that they demanded a revision of the current crystal core distribution laws.
This was only the internal conflict within the human camp.
The Blade Beast groups were constantly reinforcing this side, and the peripheral groups of the main Blade Beast group closest to the D5 Comprehensive War Zone showed signs of awakening, which was the biggest threat.
Under such great external pressure, there were still spies within the internal high command…
It was time to clean them up.
'Whether the spies and traitors come from the Spiritually Awakened or the Blade Beasts, if I want the D5 Comprehensive War Zone to stand tall and continue to shelter me for cultivation, I must eliminate these spies.'
'Human traitors should be killed, spiritual traitors should be destroyed!'
'Unfortunately, the civilization here no longer practices executing the nine generations of a family.'
Wang Ji Xuan felt quite regretful about this.
He quickly completed his preparations, and without even saying hello to Dongfang Zhenghong, he disguised himself with Mu Dan, put on the exclusive maintenance uniforms of Ling Tong's maintenance team, and secretly went outside Fortress 76 to wait.
Ling Tong's exclusive transport plane appeared on time, and several huge rotors switched to a vertical state and lowered the collecting platform.
Wang Ji Xuan and Mu Dan were directly lifted up.
After not seeing each other for half a month, Ling Tong was naturally a little happy, but the companions on this trip, in addition to Ling Tong, Wan Jie, and Ji Xiao who was to be sent to the General Command, also included a long-suffering master who had been waiting for Wang Ji Xuan for a long time…
"Heh heh heh heh."
Deep Sea squeezed out a trace of a fake smile and approached Wang Ji Xuan, who had just entered the cabin, with a smile.
Daoist Wang pondered for a few seconds: "Brother Deep Sea, listen to my defense."
Deep Sea gritted his teeth and pounced!
